A Case of Ascarid Chronic Pancreatitis Due to Impaction of Ascaris Lumbricoides into the pancreatic Duct / 대한소화기내시경학회지

ABSTRACT

Authors report a case with recurrent epigastric pain who revesled to have chronic pancreatitis due to impaction of Ascaris lumbricoides into the pancreatic duct. She was a 41-year-old female who favored raw meat. ERCP revealed a living round worm in the pancreatic duct which was also showed by ultrasonegraphy and computed tomography. She underwent distal pancreatectomy and developed glucose intolerance but was well controlled.