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Sonographic diagnosis of ascariasis causing small bowel obstruction
Author(s) -
Aydin Ramazan,
Bekci Tumay,
Bilgici Meltem Ceyhan,
Polat Ahmet Veysel
Publication year - 2014
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/jcu.22100
Subject(s) - medicine , ascariasis , quadrant (abdomen) , radiology , helminthiasis , surgery , pathology , helminths , immunology
ABSTRACT Acute right lower quadrant pain is a common, but nonspecific presenting symptom of a wide variety of diseases in children. Sonography (US) can play a significant role in the accurate and early diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain. In this article, we report a case of small bowel obstruction due to intestinal ascariasis diagnosed at bedside US and confirmed by MRI and describe a new US sign of intestinal ascariasis. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 42:227–229, 2014