Acute airway obstruction by Ascaris lumbricoides in a 14-month-old boy

作者：Gan Richard Wei Chern^*; Gohil Rohit; Belfield Katherine; Davies Patrick; Daniel Matija

来源：International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2014, 78(10): 1795-1798.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijporl.2014.07.031

• Airway obstruction
• Ascaris lumbricoides
• Ascariasis
• Child
• Eosinophilia
• Eosinophilic pneumonia

We describe the case of a 14-month-old child with airway obstruction caused by a mature Ascaris lumbricoides worm. The child had been admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit due to overwhelming sepsis, and during the course of his illness developed acute airway obstruction that resolved once the worm was removed from the airway. The Ascaris life-cycle is detailed, and a literature review of patients with airway obstruction due to Ascaris worms is presented.

• 出版日期2014-10