title: [Intestinal obstruction due to Ascaris lumbricoides infection in a geriatric patient].
abstract: Ascaris lumbricoides is considered the largest intestinal nematode with a higher incidence in the childhood, representing a truly medical and public health problem, principally in undeveloped countries. We present the case of an 83 year old man, born and coming from the amazon region, without any relevant previous history of disease, admitted in the emergency department of our hospital for presenting intestinal obstruction and also presumptive biliary obstruction due to multiple balls of parasites, requiring immediate surgical intervention. We emphasize the need of consider this etiologic possibility in the differential diagnosis, that in this particular case, wasn't suspected in the first place.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiappe
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Kovy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arteaga
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Cristhian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Resurrección
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ñavincopa
authors.affiliation: Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, Lima, Perú.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ticona
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications*; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male