Ascaris lumbricoides causing infarction of the mesenteric lymph nodes and intestinal gangrene in a child: a case report

Ascaris lumbricoides or round worm infestation is quite common in the developing world. It affects all age groups but is more common in children. Most of the cases remain asymptomatic. The usual presentation is an intestinal obstruction. The physicians should be aware of this condition and consider...

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Autores principales: Bhutia, Kincho Lhasong, Dey, Subhajeet, Singh, Varun, Gupta, Amlan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21698086
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/000135
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author Bhutia, Kincho Lhasong
Dey, Subhajeet
Singh, Varun
Gupta, Amlan
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description Ascaris lumbricoides or round worm infestation is quite common in the developing world. It affects all age groups but is more common in children. Most of the cases remain asymptomatic. The usual presentation is an intestinal obstruction. The physicians should be aware of this condition and consider it in the differential diagnosis when faced with such a case. The rare fatal complications include bleeding, perforation and gangrene.
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spelling pubmed-31186922011-06-22 Ascaris lumbricoides causing infarction of the mesenteric lymph nodes and intestinal gangrene in a child: a case report Bhutia, Kincho Lhasong Dey, Subhajeet Singh, Varun Gupta, Amlan Ger Med Sci Article Ascaris lumbricoides or round worm infestation is quite common in the developing world. It affects all age groups but is more common in children. Most of the cases remain asymptomatic. The usual presentation is an intestinal obstruction. The physicians should be aware of this condition and consider it in the differential diagnosis when faced with such a case. The rare fatal complications include bleeding, perforation and gangrene. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2011-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3118692/ /pubmed/21698086 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/000135 Text en Copyright © 2011 Bhutia et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/deed.en). You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Ascaris lumbricoides causing infarction of the mesenteric lymph nodes and intestinal gangrene in a child: a case report
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title_full_unstemmed Ascaris lumbricoides causing infarction of the mesenteric lymph nodes and intestinal gangrene in a child: a case report
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