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Granulomatous peritonitis due to Ascaris lumbricoides
Annals of Tropical Paediatrics
|June 1, 1987
Abstract:
A child with granulomatous peritonitis caused by ascariasis is described. Laparotomy revealed no obvious evidence of intestinal perforation. It is postulated that a worm escaped through the appendicular tip, causing transient peritonitis followed by adhesions and granulomatas in the peritoneal cavity.