Acute pancreatitis by Ascaris lumbricoides: case report and literature review
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v100i4p403-406Keywords:
Ascaris lumbricoides, Pancreatitis, GallbladderAbstract
Infection by Ascaris lumbricoides represents a common involvement in Brasil and in other underdeveloped regionalities. The location of the worm in gallbladder is rare and when there is an important clinical picture, this hypothesis should be raised as a differential diagnosis in relation to other diseases of the gallbladder tree. We report the case of a 65-year-old patient admitted in emergency due to pancreatitis caused by ascaris in gallbladder, which later progressed to an alarming condition of multiple organ dysfunction.
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