Ejaz A Khan, Ali Khalid, Ibrar Hashmi, Iftikhar A Jan.
Gastrointestinal Obstruction due to Ascariasis – Management Issues.
Infect Dis J Jan ;17(2):72-4.

Ascariasis is one of the common parasitic infections worldwide especially in the tropical and subtropical developing countries where sanitation and hygiene are poor. Children are vulnerable because their high risk behavior. Complications such as GI obstruction, acute appendicitis with perforation, ileal perforation, volvulus, biliary tract obstruction and intussusception may occur. Non-operative and conservative management followed later by an anthelmintic agent will help relieve the symptoms in most cases. We present here a case of ascariasis in a 5 year old boy complicated by GI obstruction and treated conservatively and review recent literature.

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