CLINICAL IMAGES

Overlooking the abdominal X-ray - the peril of ascariasis

N. Mahomed^I; Z. Docrat^II; L. Mkhonza^II; L. Keating^II

^IM.B. B.Ch., F.C.Rad. (Diag.) S.A.; Department of Radiology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
^IIM.B. B.Ch.; Department of Radiology, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital and University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

ABSTRACT

A young child presented with intermittent bowel obstruction. The abdominal X-ray was not closely examined, and a contrast study was performed that demonstrated multiple tubular filling defects indicative of worms. The patient was treated accordingly. Reviewing the abdominal X-ray demonstrated numerous serpigenous, tubular, soft-tissue densities in gas-filled bowel loops.

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