Pancreatic ascariasis with periampullary carcinoma

Ascarias lumbricoides infestation is endemic in tropical countries. Most infections are asymptomatic, but it can produce a wide spectrum of manifestations including hepatobiliary and pancreatic complications. There are reports of association of biliary ascariasis with bilary malignancies in the past...

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Autores principales: Arulprakash, S, Sahu, Manoj Kumar, Dutta, Amit Kumar, Joseph, A, Chandy, George M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4326995/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25709954
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2229-5070.145590
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Sumario:Ascarias lumbricoides infestation is endemic in tropical countries. Most infections are asymptomatic, but it can produce a wide spectrum of manifestations including hepatobiliary and pancreatic complications. There are reports of association of biliary ascariasis with bilary malignancies in the past, but same is not known for pancreatic ascariasis. We report a case of association of periampullary malignancy with pancreatic ascariasis.

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