Abstract

ALBAL GARCIA, Arancha et al. Acute necrotising pancreatitis by ascaris lumbricoides. Rev Clin Med Fam [online]. 2008, vol.2, n.4, pp.186-187. ISSN 2386-8201.

Ascariasis is the commonest parasitosis of all human helminths. The pathological effects that ascaris produces in man manifest in different locations, in accordance with the location of its different evolutionary forms. Biliary ascaris is one of the severest complications. We present a case of acute pancreatitis produced by Ascaris infestation.

Keywords : Pancreatitis acute; ascaris lumbricoides.

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