Ascaris lumbricoides infection: an unexpected cause of pancreatitis in a western Mediterranean country

East Mediterr Health J. 2010 Mar;16(3):350-1.

Authors

A Galzerano¹, E Sabatini, D Durì

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.

PMID: 20795455

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdomen, Acute / parasitology
Aged
Animals
Antinematodal Agents / therapeutic use
Ascariasis / complications*
Ascariasis / diagnosis
Ascariasis / drug therapy
Ascaris lumbricoides*
Causality
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Female
Humans
Italy
Mebendazole / therapeutic use
Pancreatectomy
Pancreatitis / diagnosis
Pancreatitis / parasitology*
Pancreatitis / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Antinematodal Agents
Mebendazole