Open AccessNecrotizing pancreatitis due to Ascaris lumbricoides: Causes, diagnosis, and current treatment
Author(s) -
Silvia Carolina Barbosa Valenzuela,
Maite Lubian Nieto del Río,
D Bernot Ramirez,
José Ariza Daza,
Wilmar Montañez Coronado,
Laura Alvarado
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista colombiana de gastroenterología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2500-7440
pISSN - 0120-9957
DOI - 10.22516/25007440.671
Subject(s) - etiology , ascariasis , ascaris lumbricoides , pancreatitis , medicine , ascaris , gastroenterology , mortality rate , acute pancreatitis , necrosis , pathology , immunology , helminths
Necrosis in acute pancreatitis presents a high mortality rate despite advances in critical care. After biliary and alcoholic etiology, the third most common cause of pancreatitis is idiopathic etiology, with 10% of cases related to parasites, being Ascaris the most common parasite involved in pancreas necrosis and inflammation. Considering the high rates of mortality related to necrotizing pancreatitis, a case of ascariasis is analyzed, including its growing epidemiology, its causes, its clinical and imaging diagnosis, and its antiparasitic treatment based on current evidence.