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Revista Eugenio Espejo
On-line version ISSN 2661-6742Print version ISSN 1390-7581
Abstract
ORTEGA CASTILLO, Héctor Fabián; PIEDRA COSIOS, Juan Carlos and POLIT DUENAS, Roberto Antonio. Pancreatitis aguda por Ascaris Lumbricoides: presentación de un caso clínico. Rev Eug Esp [online]. 2018, vol.12, n.1, pp.64-75. ISSN 2661-6742. https://doi.org/10.37135/ee.004.04.07.
Clinical case: male patient of 30 years of age, with abdominal pain of 24 hours of evolution. Physical examination showed distended abdomen, painful epigastrium and right hypochondrium. Paraclinics indicated leukocytosis (12,400 / cc), elevation of amylase 3.2 N, lipase 6.8 N, CRP of 192 mg / dl and procalcitonin of 0.136 ng / ml. Ultrasound of the abdomen showed absence of dilation signs of the biliary tract intra and extra hepatic ascariasis. The simple and contrasted abdomen tomography reported a Baltazar C. The persistent epigastric pain motivated the performance of an upper digestive endoscopy; it was observed a specimen of ascaris nestled in the duodenal papilla which was removed with a handle clamp for a foreign body. Conclusions: intestinal parasitosis is an important cause of obstruction of the bile duct and acute inflammatory abdomen, which requires timely attention in the patient.
Keywords : pancreatitis; ascariasis; biliary tract.