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Preoperative sonographic diagnosis of acute appendicitis caused by Ascaris lumbricoides
Author(s) -
Misra Sri Prakash,
Dwivedi Manisha,
Misra Vatsala,
Singh Premala Anthony,
Agarwal Vinay K.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0096(199902)27:2<96::aid-jcu10>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - ascaris lumbricoides , medicine , appendicitis , acute appendicitis , radiology , ascariasis , appendix , general surgery , helminths , immunology , paleontology , biology
Acute appendicitis caused by Ascaris lumbricoides is an uncommon variant of a common disease. We describe a case in which sonography was used for preoperative diagnosis of ascaris appendicitis. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 27:96–97, 1999.