title: An unusual case of ascariasis of the appendix.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Amongst various causes responsible for the obstruction of digestive tract, intestinal ascariasis is certainly one of the least frequent.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report an extremely rare case of a 5-year-old male patient operated on for appendicitis due to adult Ascaris Lumbricoides worms intraoperatively detected in the appendiceal lumen.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  On examination patient's clinical features indicated acute appendicitis. Therefore, the treatment-of-choice could only be surgical. Classic appendectomy was performed and the postoperative course was uneventful, with full recovery.
authors.affiliation: UNIFESO School of Medicine, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. marcossforza@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sforza
authors.forename: Katarina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Andjelkov
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaccheddu
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ivanov
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krstić
authors.forename: Arnaldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paganelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male