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- Title
Intestinal ascariasis detected by double-balloon enteroscopy.
- Authors
Hashimoto, Rintaro; Matsuda, Tomoki
- Abstract
The article presents a case study of a 69-year-old woman was taken to the hospital with abdominal pain and frequent vomiting. It mentions that computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound shows small bowel obstruction, and states that esophagogastroduodenoscopy shows abnormal findings. It also mentions that roundworm was extracted and identified as Ascaris lumbricoides through double-balloon enteroscopy (DBE).
- Subjects
COMPUTED tomography; ULTRASONIC imaging; BOWEL obstructions; DIGESTIVE system endoscopic surgery; ASCARIS lumbricoides
- Publication
Digestive Endoscopy, 2017, Vol 29, Issue 3, p387
- ISSN
0915-5635
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/den.12801