Granulomatous peritonitis from ascariasis: apropos of 1 case in a Benin child
Kinde-Gazard, D.; Gangbo, F.; Anagonou, S.; Gninafon, M.; Massougbodji, A.
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique 93(1): 23-24
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085 PMID: 10774489 Document Number: 523703
We report a case of granulomatous peritonitis in a child, due to Ascaris lumbricoïdes eggs. A 6 year-old child was admitted to the emergency ward with acute abdomen pain. Upon performing a laparotomy, severe adhesive inflammation and adenopathies were found and abdominal tuberculosis was diagnosed. Specific treatment was administered. Later, the acurage diagnosis of Ascaris ova peritonitis was made by histopathological examination of tissue removed during the operation. The pathogenesis is briefly discussed.