A unique cause of chronic abdominal pain

The images presented here demonstrated how we arrived at the diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in a 54‐year‐old man with chronic abdominal pain by capsule endoscopy (CE). In this case, computed tomography (CT) images were not representative, and further investigation with CE was required t...

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Autores principales: Kawakami, Yujiro, Akita, Kotaro, Suzuki, Kazuya, Nakase, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2020
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7731804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33319064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12419
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author Kawakami, Yujiro
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description The images presented here demonstrated how we arrived at the diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in a 54‐year‐old man with chronic abdominal pain by capsule endoscopy (CE). In this case, computed tomography (CT) images were not representative, and further investigation with CE was required to confirm the diagnosis. The combination of CT and CE was useful for diagnosing Ascaris lumbricoides infection in this patient.[Image: see text]
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spelling pubmed-77318042020-12-13 A unique cause of chronic abdominal pain Kawakami, Yujiro Akita, Kotaro Suzuki, Kazuya Nakase, Hiroshi JGH Open Brief Reports The images presented here demonstrated how we arrived at the diagnosis of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in a 54‐year‐old man with chronic abdominal pain by capsule endoscopy (CE). In this case, computed tomography (CT) images were not representative, and further investigation with CE was required to confirm the diagnosis. The combination of CT and CE was useful for diagnosing Ascaris lumbricoides infection in this patient.[Image: see text] Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2020-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7731804/ /pubmed/33319064 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12419 Text en © 2020 The Authors. JGH Open published by Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7731804/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12419
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