Point-of-care sonographic detection of intestinal ascaris lumbricoides in the pediatric emergency department

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010 Aug;26(8):586-7. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181ea72bb.

Abstract

Point-of-care ultrasound use is rapidly growing in acute-care settings such as pediatric emergency departments, and new applications are continually being explored. This is especially true in the developing world where the World Health Organization estimates that 75% of people have no access to any imaging or availability of more costly imaging technology may be limited (Essential Health Technologies Strategy 2004-2007). We report a case of intestinal roundworm infection in a 3-year-old boy and describe the ultrasound findings of Ascaris lumbricoides.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Albendazole / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Ascariasis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ascariasis / drug therapy
  • Ascariasis / parasitology
  • Ascaris lumbricoides / isolation & purification*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Colon, Descending / diagnostic imaging
  • Colon, Descending / parasitology*
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Colonic Diseases / drug therapy
  • Colonic Diseases / parasitology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units, Pediatric*
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Anthelmintics
  • Albendazole