TY - JOUR
T1 - Small bowel ascariasis
T2 - A rare clinical entity in United States
AU - Kochar, Puneet Singh
AU - Soin, Priti
AU - Sharma, Pranav
AU - Goyal, Pradeep
AU - Garg, Gunjan
AU - Sulaiman, Rami
AU - Adeb, Melkamu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Connecticut State Medical Society. All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - Intestinal ascariasis is a helminthic disease which is uncommon in the United States; however, it is extremely prevalent in developing countries. It is caused by a helminth, Ascaris lumbricoides. Diagnosis of intestinal ascariasis can be made by ultrasound and has a characteristic appearance in the appropriate clinical setting. Sonographic signs for identification include target sign, triple-line sign, and four-line sign. Usually there is a history of travel or the patient maybe an immigrant. Small bowel obstruction is the most common complication, which needs surgical intervention. We report a rare case of small bowel ascariasis diagnosed with ultrasound in our practice in Connecticut.
AB - Intestinal ascariasis is a helminthic disease which is uncommon in the United States; however, it is extremely prevalent in developing countries. It is caused by a helminth, Ascaris lumbricoides. Diagnosis of intestinal ascariasis can be made by ultrasound and has a characteristic appearance in the appropriate clinical setting. Sonographic signs for identification include target sign, triple-line sign, and four-line sign. Usually there is a history of travel or the patient maybe an immigrant. Small bowel obstruction is the most common complication, which needs surgical intervention. We report a rare case of small bowel ascariasis diagnosed with ultrasound in our practice in Connecticut.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85053412000
SN - 0010-6178
VL - 82
SP - 463
EP - 467
JO - Connecticut medicine
JF - Connecticut medicine
IS - 8
ER -