title: Sonographic diagnosis of ascariasis causing small bowel obstruction.
abstract: Acute right lower quadrant pain is a common, but nonspecific presenting symptom of a wide variety of diseases in children. Sonography (US) can play a significant role in the accurate and early diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain. In this article, we report a case of small bowel obstruction due to intestinal ascariasis diagnosed at bedside US and confirmed by MRI and describe a new US sign of intestinal ascariasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Ondokuz Mayis, Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ramazan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aydin
authors.forename: Tumay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bekci
authors.forename: Meltem Ceyhan
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bilgici
authors.forename: Ahmet Veysel
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Polat
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000293:Adolescent; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000871:Anthelmintics; D015766:Albendazole
keywords: GI tract; ascariasis; bowel; sonography