Open AccessRare presentation of haemobilia and Loeffler’s pneumonia in a child by ascaris lumbricoides
Author(s) -
Huma Arshad Cheema,
Nadia K. Waheed,
Anjum Saeed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr-2019-230198
Subject(s) - ascaris lumbricoides , medicine , cholecystitis , ascariasis , pancreatitis , pneumonia , presentation (obstetrics) , biliary colic , gastroenterology , surgery , gallbladder , helminths , immunology
Ascariasis is a soil-sourced, second most common parasitic infection worldwide. Because of its wandering nature, it migrates from the intestine to other organs of the body like the lungs and biliary system. This results in complications such as biliary colic, acute cholecystitis, pyogenic cholangitis, liver abscesses, pancreatitis and loeffler's pneumonia. We report a unique case of an 8-year-old boy who presented with upper gastrointestinal bleed and chest infection. He was diagnosed as haemobilia and loeffler's pneumonia caused by ascaris lumbricoides.