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Acute pancreatitis due to ascariasis: a sonographic pictorial essay on four cases

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Ascariasis is the commonest helminthic disease to infect humans. Due to their wandering nature, the roundworms from the second part of the duodenum migrate through the biliary opening into the hepatobiliary and pancreatic ducts. Ascariasis is the most common parasitic cause of pancreatitis in endemic region. Pancreatitis can result due to pancreatic ascariasis, biliary ascariasis or both. Pancreatitis due to ascariasis can be severe and life-threatening. We present a pictorial essay of acute pancreatitis due to ascariasis on four cases.

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Pynkhambor P. Lyngdoh, medical and health officer, Ganesh Das Hospital, Lawmali, Shillong 793001, Meghalaya, India, the staffs of the Department of Radiology and Imaging at Ganesh Das Hospital and Supercare Hospital, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Imaging, Ganesh Das Hospital, Lawmali, Shillong, 793001, Meghalaya, India

    Donboklang Lynser

  2. Supercare Hospital, Lummawrie, Laitumkhrah, Shillong, 793003, Meghalaya, India

    R. S. Thangkhiew & M. D. Hek

  3. Medicine Department, Ganesh Das Hospital, Lawmali, Shillong, 793001, Meghalaya, India

    Demitrost Laloo & Satisfy Tariang

  4. Department of Pathology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Mawdiangdiang, Shillong, 793018, Meghalaya, India

    Evarisalin Marbaniang

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Lynser, D., Thangkhiew, R.S., Laloo, D. et al. Acute pancreatitis due to ascariasis: a sonographic pictorial essay on four cases. Emerg Radiol 23, 303–307 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-016-1394-1

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