Gangrene intestine caused by Ascaris lumbricoides; Report of 5 cases in children

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 292-294

  Kawatra, Vibha ^a   Arora, Prerna ^a   Lakshmikantha, Akhila ^a   Varma, Deepali ^a   Khurana, Nita ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Children; Gangrene; Intestine

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GANGRENE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMATOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTESTINE NECROSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE ULCER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH VOLVULUS; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTESTINES;

EID: 77952550328     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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