PMID: 7008109May 1, 1980Paper

Intestinal perforation by Ascaris lumbricoides

Revista cubana de medicina tropical
L Curbelo Alfonso, R Galán Carrigan

Abstract

The case of an adult patient who while being admitted to the Injured Patients Hospital of Prenda, Luanda, Popular Republic of Angola, due to a right tibial fracture had an acute abdominal picture is reported. The patient was operated on and it was found a small intestinal perforation by Ascaris lumbricoides. The operation and his uneventful postoperative evolution are described. World and national medical literatures are reviewed.

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