A case of pseudotumorous form of ascaris

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2009 Oct;19(10):663-4. doi: 10.2009/JCPSP.663664.

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal pain and amenorrhoea. CT showed a thick walled lobulated mass with Ascaris adjacent to caecum along with the presence of a left ovarian mass. The peroperative findings were a tubular mass with central tunneling containing an Ascaris lumbricoides. Left ovary showed a haemorrhagic cyst. Biopsy of the mass showed acute on chronic granulomatous inflammation and the worm was found to be female. This was a rare case of Ascaris lumbricoides presenting as a pseudotumorous mass.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain
  • Abdominal Wall
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Anthelmintics / therapeutic use
  • Ascariasis / diagnosis*
  • Ascariasis / drug therapy
  • Ascariasis / surgery
  • Ascaris lumbricoides / isolation & purification*
  • Ascaris lumbricoides / physiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / diagnosis*
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / drug therapy
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / parasitology
  • Granuloma, Plasma Cell / surgery
  • Humans
  • Ovarian Cysts / complications
  • Ovarian Cysts / diagnosis

Substances

  • Anthelmintics