Intestinal obstruction due to ascaris lumbricoides infestation in adult presenting as lump in right lliac fossa

ABSTRACT

Ascaris lumbricoides [AL] is a common resident of intestine especially in low socioeconomic areas of the world. Ascariasis can cause serious intra-abdominal complications such as intestinal obstruction, biliary obstruction, pancreatitis, acute appendicitis, intestinal perforation etc. We report an adult with intestinal obstruction due to entangled mass of AL, that presented as a lump in right iliac fossa, managed by laparotomy and milking the worms into colon without enterotomy