Letter to the Editor

Intestinal Ascariasis: CT Findings and Diagnosis

Authors: Andrew Pylant, MD, Jeffrey W. Hinshaw, PA-C, Ralph B. Leonard, MD, PHD, Stacie Zelman, MD

Abstract

Intestinal ascariasis is a disease most commonly diagnosed through stool studies along with traditional imaging studies. Radiographic findings in Ascaris infection have been described in multiple modalities, as well as two descriptions of computed tomography (CT) findings.1,2 In this letter, we describe an incidental finding on abdominal CT of Ascaris lumbricoides infection.

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2. Beita AO, Haller JO, Kantor A. CT Findings in pediatric gastrointestinal ascariasis. Comput Med Imaging Graph 1997; 21: 47–49.
 
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