Pancreatitis necrotizante por áscaris lumbricoides: causas, diagnóstico y tratamiento actual / Necrotizing pancreatitis due to Ascaris lumbricoides: Causes, diagnosis, and current treatment
Rev. colomb. gastroenterol
; 36(4): 514-518, oct.-dic. 2021. graf
Article
in English, Spanish
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| ID: biblio-1360977
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CO354
RESUMEN
Resumen La necrosis en la pancreatitis aguda muestra una mortalidad muy alta a pesar de los avances en cuidados críticos. Después de la etiología biliar y alcohólica, la tercera causa más común de pancreatitis es la idiopática, con un 10 % de los casos secundarios a parásitos, y el áscaris es el parásito más común implicado en la necrosis e inflamación del páncreas. Teniendo en cuenta la alta mortalidad que representa la pancreatitis necrotizante, se describe un reporte de caso por ascariasis, destacando su creciente epidemiología, sus causas, su diagnóstico clínico e imagenológico, y su tratamiento antiparasitario según la evidencia actual.
ABSTRACT
Abstract Necrosis in acute pancreatitis presents a high mortality rate despite advances in critical care. After biliary and alcoholic etiology, the third most common cause of pancreatitis is idiopathic etiology, with 10% of cases related to parasites, being Ascaris the most common parasite involved in pancreas necrosis and inflammation. Considering the high rates of mortality related to necrotizing pancreatitis, a case of ascariasis is analyzed, including its growing epidemiology, its causes, its clinical and imaging diagnosis, and its antiparasitic treatment based on current evidence.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
SDG3 - Target 3.3 End transmission of communicable diseases
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SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
Health problem:
Ascariasis
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Digestive System Diseases
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Pancreatitis
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Therapeutics
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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Pancreatitis, Acute Necrotizing
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Diagnosis
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
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Spanish
Journal:
Rev. colomb. gastroenterol
Journal subject:
Gastroenterology
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Colombia
Institution/Affiliation country:
Fundación Cardioinfantil/CO