Comments on: a rare cause of SBO

By: marilia

marilia — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:19:38 +0000

woowww…ese caso de ascariasis nunca lo habia visto
ni en la clinica da la facultad…yo estudio medicina veterinaria
y m gustaria ver mas casos de nematodiosis..por favor si tienes
mas fotos..publicalas..gracias..esutvo impresionante!!!

By: mattie

mattie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:29:01 +0000

Oh my. I have to do a project on this and ima bout to vomit. poor things. i feel bad for people that have that.

By: christine

christine — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 01:02:30 +0000

This is not rare in North America anymore
We have a global society
If you travel ask your doctor to send stool cultures (3 separate bowel movements)
If you are a physician, send stool cultures
It can be picked up on US but make sure your radiologist is trained outside of NA or Europe. Luckily many foreign trained radiologists (Indian are good) can pick this up on ultrasound.

By: RYR

RYR — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:28:36 +0000

Trust me, this is not the worst of it. Ascaris lumbricoides could migrate out of the intestines into other areas of the body. I am currently a med student, and I chose to enroll in a parasitology course. Its cool and all, the only complain I have is each time we do a dissection, it STINKS. The dissection I did with a fetal pig that was infected with ascaris, not only was it in the intestine, I also found some in places like the lungs and other pathways leading to the brain.

In response to Julia, unless the worm traveled to the anal capillaries or perforated some wall near the rectum or anus, I don’t think that there is much chances of that. Assuming that your suspicions are correct, you could try looking into other helminths like Trichuris trichuria that have been known to have caused prolapsed rectum or look into the possibility that it can be a mixed (more than 1 parasite) infection. Infection by helminths, patients usually exhibit higher than normal levels of eosinophils. There are also specific tests for each helminths, e.g. E.L.I.S.A.,etc…

Note: perforation of other abdominal areas can cause like symptoms.

However, I have to agree, Ascaris lumbricoides is amongst the most ‘disgusting’ imagery.

By: itsnotover5

itsnotover5 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:23:19 +0000

omeegawd O.O” eww…i hope my small intestine ain’t like that! =/

By: Julia

Julia — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:13:46 +0000

Hi…i was wondering..if this can cause masive rectorrage?…sorry my english it sux..but..we had this case…38 yo guy…with chronical rectorrage..like rose wine..and we all suspected helminth..that caused perforation…anyone knows something about this?
im from spain..by the way..

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SurgeXperiences 121 « The Sterile Eye — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:48:27 +0000

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By: xiaow3i

xiaow3i — Sat, 10 May 2008 14:15:21 +0000

omg! thankfully i didn’t look at it just after my meal. i think i’ll remember this forever now.

By: Dragonfly

Dragonfly — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:01:13 +0000

It can cause intestinal perforation as well. A friend did an elective in India and saw about three perfs a week.

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By: Rafael M.

Rafael M. — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:58:56 +0000

Oh My God! I hope don’t have this kind of thing in my abdomen :S

By: HK

HK — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:43:13 +0000

Ascaris lumbricoides is the 2nd most common cause of helminth infection in the U.S. Worth remembering for the USMLE Step 1.

By: Øystein

Øystein — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:37:06 +0000

OMG!

I’m lost for (other) words.