Pancreatitis due to ascaris lumbricoides, a case report
Al-Qurashi, A.; Maklad, K.M.; Al Abdulwahed, O.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 33(3): 657-662
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 1110-0583 PMID: 14708843 Document Number: 560590
Ascaris is the 2nd commonest intestinal parasite world-wide. Although infection can pass asymptomatic, some can present with complications. The reported case is a Syrian female patient presented with acute on top of chronic pancreatitis due to A. lumbricoides. She received Ascaris treatment every 6 months but still having eggs in stool due repeated infections.