Necrotizing pancreatitis due to Ascaris lumbricoides: Causes, diagnosis, and current treatment | Zendy

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Necrotizing 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.

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