Incidental Finding of Ascaris in Peritoneal Cavity During Laparotomy for Blunt Trauma Abdomen: A Rare Case.
| Autor: | Singh S; General Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, IND., Chand P; General Surgery, Government Medical College & Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, IND., Kundal S; General Surgery, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, IND., Singh G; General Surgery, Government Medical College & Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, IND., Kundal D; Psychiatry, Maharishi Markandeshwar Medical College and Hospital, Solan, IND. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cureus [Cureus] 2022 May 13; Vol. 14 (5), pp. e24970. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 13 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.24970 |
| Abstrakt: | Ascaris migration from the intestine into the peritoneal cavity is rarely seen and the usual presentation is the acute abdomen. Our case report is of a young male who got admitted after a roadside accident with polytrauma including blunt trauma abdomen. When the patient was taken up for exploratory laparotomy, a freely lying tubular structure was noticed in the pelvis and small intestinal perforation. On inspection, it turned out to be an Ascaris worm. This is a case report of a rare presentation of Ascaris lumbricoides with jejunal perforation following blunt trauma. This blunt trauma could have been the cause of an intestinal perforation resulting from a concealed presence of an impending Ascaris perforation. Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. (Copyright © 2022, Singh et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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