Acute pancreatitis due to ascariasis: a sonographic pictorial essay on four cases
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- DOI: 10.1007/s10140-016-1394-1
Acute pancreatitis due to ascariasis: a sonographic pictorial essay on four cases
Abstract
Ascariasis is the commonest helminthic disease to infect humans. Due to their wandering nature, the roundworms from the second part of the duodenum migrate through the biliary opening into the hepatobiliary and pancreatic ducts. Ascariasis is the most common parasitic cause of pancreatitis in endemic region. Pancreatitis can result due to pancreatic ascariasis, biliary ascariasis or both. Pancreatitis due to ascariasis can be severe and life-threatening. We present a pictorial essay of acute pancreatitis due to ascariasis on four cases.
Keywords: Ascariasis; ERCP; Hepatobiliary; Pancreatitis; Ultrasound.
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