Image Case: Ascaris Worm Extraction During Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy | ||||
| Afro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2012, Page 55-55 PDF (162.23 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Images in Infectious and Endemic Diseases | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/aeji.2012.15605 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Mohamed H Emara ; Ibrahim M Ibrahim
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| Tropical Medicine Department , Faculty of Medicine , Zagazig University,Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Nematode infection including Ascariais is a worldwide infection [1,2]. Nematode infection in particular ancylostomiasis and ascariasis have long been prevalent in Egypt and trials to trace this infection goes back to Lord Kitehenere in 1913 [3]. Although the decline in the incidence of this form of infection in Egypt, due to application of good hygienic techniques, mass and effective treatment ……etc, we reported a 55 years old male patient with chronic hepatitis C virus infection, nonresponder to pegylated interferon therapy complained from persistent epigastric pain and was non-responder to multiple courses of proton pump inhibitors. We decided to examine this patient by upper gastrointestinal endoscopy, where this long white worm was seen in the duodenum ; extraction by biopsy forceps was done. | ||||
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