Parasitic diseases as a cause of acute abdominal pain: imaging findings

Ünal, Emre; Arslan, Sevtap; Onur, Mehmet Ruhi; Akpınar, Erhan

doi:10.1186/s13244-020-00892-5

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“…Previous studies also report this finding in which ascariasis is found in the small intestine and then moves towards various organs including the bladder, biliary system, lungs, and others. [15][16][17] This study reported the laboratory details of patients before performing ERCP, and after performing ERCP. Previous studies also access the role of different body parameters such as the level of neutrophils, hemoglobin, serum level, and other to report the bad impact of the worm on the human body.…”

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Ascaris lumbricoides are familiar with the roundworm that causes biliary infections in humans. Nevertheless, ascariasis is primarily found in the jejunum and transferred in numerous body parts with the intake of Ascaris lumbricoides present in food and water. These study methods were implemented at the Saidu Teaching Hospital Radiology department from December 2021 to January 2023. This study includes the participants suffering from biliary ascariasis admitted or visited Saidu Teaching hospital in that time frame. Clinical assessment of the participants was done based on the appearance of signs and symptoms present in them. The participant's laboratory test was done to determine the level of basic body parameters, after that ultrasonography was used to diagnose the presence and appearance of worms. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was used to extract worm from biliary channels, and the incidence of post-ERCP biliary ascariasis was accessed with ultrasonography. This study's results show the presence of numerous types of worms in biliary channels of patients. Also, the level of body parameters, for instance, neutrophil, hemoglobin, and others were compared at the time of admission, and at the time of discharge from the hospital. Furthermore, the incidence of post-ERCP biliary ascariasis was reported as 4% in females, and 1% in males respectively.

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“…Protozoan parasites such as E. histolytica can cause severe watery or bloody diarrhea with reduced appetite and weakness and lead to hospital emergency visits. 37 , 38 The lower prevalence of intestinal helminth infections in most of the Ethiopian studies could be due to a deworming program, particularly for soil-transmitted helminths, initiated long ago in Ethiopia. 39…”

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Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Patients Who Visited Woldia Comprehensive Specialized Hospital’s Emergency Department Over a Six-Year Period, Woldia, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

Rega¹,

Melese²,

Geteneh³

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Background Despite ongoing intensive public health intervention efforts, intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) remain a major public health problem in developing countries, including Ethiopia. Having updated epidemiological data focusing on the top common IPIs that cause emergency visits is crucial for implementing area-specific and evidence-based intervention strategies. Hence, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of IPIs in Woldia Comprehensive Specialized Hospital’s (WCSH) emergency laboratory over a six-year period. Methods An institutional-based retrospective study was conducted to assess the prevalence of IPIs over a six-year period (2014–2019) using a recorded saline wet-mount stool sample examination result in the laboratory logbook at WCSH’s emergency department. Results In this study, of the total of 11,281 clinically suspected individuals who were requested for stool sample examination, 3908 (34.6%) individuals were diagnosed with IPs. The majority of confirmed cases were caused by protozoan parasites (32.9%), followed by helminth infections (1.7%). A slight fluctuating trend in the prevalence of IPs was observed in the six-year study period, with the highest prevalence documented in the year of 2014 (41.3%) and the lowest in 2017 (28.0%). Entamoeba histolytica/dispar and Giardia lamblia accounts for 95% of the IPs. The prevalence of protozoan infection was significantly higher in females ( p -value = 0.0101), while H. nana ( p -value =0.0138) and E. vermicularis ( p -value = 0.0201) infections were higher in males. The highest and the lowest IP prevalence were reported in the age groups of 45–54 years (40%) and under five years (25.6%), respectively. Conclusion and Recommendations In the study area, nearly one-third of patients with emergency visits due to gastrointestinal symptoms were infected with IPs. This underlines the severity of the problem in the study area, which requires a collaborative effort of concerned bodies to minimize the burden of IP to the level where it is no longer a public health threat.

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“…The two stages in which the larvae infect the liver and cause symptoms are broadly divided into hepatic (acute) and biliary (chronic) (8,9). In the hepatic stage, the main symptoms are urticaria, abdominal pain, and fever, and in the biliary stage, intermittent abdominal pain and cholangitis or cholestasis are accompanied (9,10). Similarly, it is divided into the parenchymal and ductal phases in radiology (1).…”

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Hepatic and Extrahepatic Fascioliasis Mimicking Colon Cancer with Hepatic Metastasis

Kim¹,

Lee²,

Yoon³

2022

Korean J Abdom Radiol

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<i>Fascioliasis hepatica</i> is a rare parasitic infection affecting the hepatobiliary system. On the imaging examination, it presents as multiple hepatic abscesses and bile duct dilatation. Extrahepatic fascioliasis of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare condition, resulting from the duodenal migration of fasciola flukes. The current case showed both hepatic and colonic masses, mimicking colon cancer with hepatic metastasis. However, diagnostic clues from multimodality approaches, especially in combination with magnetic resonance imaging, led to an accurate diagnosis of hepatic and extrahepatic fascioliasis.

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Parasitic diseases as a cause of acute abdominal pain: imaging findings

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Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Patients Who Visited Woldia Comprehensive Specialized Hospital’s Emergency Department Over a Six-Year Period, Woldia, Ethiopia: A Retrospective Study

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