title: Overlooking the abdominal X-ray --the peril of ascariasis.
abstract: A young child presented with intermittent bowel obstruction. The abdominal X-ray was not closely examined, and a contrast study was performed that demonstrated multiple tubular filling defects indicative of worms. The patient was treated accordingly. Reviewing the abdominal X-ray demonstrated numerous serpigenous, tubular, soft-tissue densities in gas-filled bowel loops.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. nasreen.mahomed@wits.ac.za
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mahomed
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Docrat
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mkhonza
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Keating
mesh_terms: D001196:Ascariasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal