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Pancreatic duct ascariasis: sonographic diagnosis--a case report
A Agarwal1, V Chowdhury, N Srivastava
1Deptt. of Radiodiagnosis, Maulana Azad Medical College & Associated, Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi. amitmamc@yahoo.co.uk
Tropical Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Digestive Diseases Foundation
|June 2, 2006
Abstract:
We report the case of a 19-year old boy presenting in the emergency with severe epigastric pain whose biochemical tests revealed elevated serum amylase and lipase levels and a clinical diagnosis of acute pancreatitis was made. On ultrasonic examination, the pancreas appeared bulky with a linear tubular echogenic worm (ascaris) seen within the prominent main pancreatic duct. Successful removal of the pancreatic duct worm was achieved through endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP).