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Biliary ascariasis with acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis: a case report. 1999

G C Cirstose, and A Baraki

Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 9086, Addis Ababa.

A case of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis associated with biliary ascariasis in a 35 year old man is reported. Clinical presentation and laboratory investigation along with management outcome are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008109	Liver Diseases, Parasitic	Liver diseases caused by infections with PARASITES, such as tapeworms (CESTODA) and flukes (TREMATODA).	Parasitic Liver Diseases,Disease, Parasitic Liver,Diseases, Parasitic Liver,Liver Disease, Parasitic,Parasitic Liver Disease
D008297	Male		Males
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001196	Ascariasis	Infection by nematodes of the genus ASCARIS. Ingestion of infective eggs causes diarrhea and pneumonitis. Its distribution is more prevalent in areas of poor sanitation and where human feces are used for fertilizer.	Ascaris Infection,Ascariases,Ascaris Infections,Infection, Ascaris,Infections, Ascaris
D017809	Fatal Outcome	Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept.	Fatal Outcomes,Outcome, Fatal,Outcomes, Fatal
D019283	Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing	A severe form of acute INFLAMMATION of the PANCREAS characterized by one or more areas of NECROSIS in the pancreas with varying degree of involvement of the surrounding tissues or organ systems. Massive pancreatic necrosis may lead to DIABETES MELLITUS, and malabsorption.	Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis,Hemorrhagic Necrotic Pancreatitis,Necrotizing Pancreatitis, Acute,Pancreatic Necrosis,Pancreatitis Necrotising,Pancreatitis Necrotizing,Hemorrhagic Necrotic Pancreatitides,Necrosis, Pancreatic,Necrotic Pancreatitis, Hemorrhagic,Pancreatic Necroses,Pancreatitis Necrotisings,Pancreatitis Necrotizings,Pancreatitis, Hemorrhagic Necrotic