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ASCARIASIS

Most general parasitic infection in the world, endemic along Gulf Coast, Ozark Mountains, Nigeria, Southeast Asia, organism: Ascaris lumbricoides, age: children (1-10 y.o.), cycle: soil to duodenum to venules/lymphatics to lung to brochus to mouth to jejunum, location: jejunum greater than ileum (99%), duodenum, stomach, general bile duct, pancreatic duct, symptoms: colic, eosinophilia, appendicitis, haematemesis, pneumonitis, jaundice X-ray: 15-35 cm long filling defects, whirled appearance (bolus of worms) complications: intestinal obstruction/perforation, intermittant biliary obstruction, liver abscess (rare), granulomatous stricture of extrahepatic bile ducts (rare)
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