Sonographic diagnosis of ascariasis causing small bowel obstruction

Abstract

Acute right lower quadrant pain is a common, but nonspecific presenting symptom of a wide variety of diseases in children. Sonography (US) can play a significant role in the accurate and early diagnosis of right lower quadrant pain. In this article, we report a case of small bowel obstruction due to intestinal ascariasis diagnosed at bedside US and confirmed by MRI and describe a new US sign of intestinal ascariasis. (c) 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 42:227-229, 2014