Ajao O G, Solanke T F
J Natl Med Assoc. 1977 Mar;69(3):149-51.
At the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, a common differential diagnosis of acute abdomen is intestinal ascariasis. This condition mimics many causes of acute abdomen so that accurate pre-operative diagnosis depends mainly on a high index of suspicion.The purpose of this paper is to call attention to this condition which is prevalent in tropical countries, where preventive and social medicine have not reached their peak, and to review the pathological processes resulting from this disease.
在尼日利亚伊巴丹的大学学院医院,急性腹痛的常见鉴别诊断是肠道蛔虫病。这种病症可模仿多种急性腹痛病因,因此准确的术前诊断主要依赖高度的怀疑指数。本文旨在提请关注这种在热带国家普遍存在的病症,在这些国家,预防医学和社会医学尚未发展到顶峰,并回顾由这种疾病引发的病理过程。