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DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37008
Ascariasis Observed by Wireless-Capsule Endoscopy
J. M. M. G. Soares
Hospital Geral de Santo António, Largo da Escola Médica
4099-001 Porto, Portugal
Fax: + 351-22-2088109
Email: Lmsalopes@clix.pt
Publication History
Publication Date:
30 January 2003 (online)
Figure 1 Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an inherited gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis associated with mucocutaneous pigmentation. The most frequent location for PJS polyps is in the small bowel, and it is associated with a risk of intestinal cancer which is much greater than that in the general population. At our institution we are evaluating the use of wireless-capsule endoscopy in the diagnosis of small-bowel polyps. This pedunculated polyp is an example of the many small polyps in the small intestine of an asymptomatic middle-aged woman with PJS.
Figure 2 a - c In the analysis of the patient’s capsule video, we observed four large roundworms in the jejunum, with the appearance of Ascaris lumbricoides. The patient was treated with pyrantel pamoate.
J. M. M. G. Soares
Hospital Geral de Santo António, Largo da Escola Médica
4099-001 Porto, Portugal
Fax: + 351-22-2088109
Email: Lmsalopes@clix.pt
J. M. M. G. Soares
Hospital Geral de Santo António, Largo da Escola Médica
4099-001 Porto, Portugal
Fax: + 351-22-2088109
Email: Lmsalopes@clix.pt
Figure 1 Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) is an inherited gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyposis associated with mucocutaneous pigmentation. The most frequent location for PJS polyps is in the small bowel, and it is associated with a risk of intestinal cancer which is much greater than that in the general population. At our institution we are evaluating the use of wireless-capsule endoscopy in the diagnosis of small-bowel polyps. This pedunculated polyp is an example of the many small polyps in the small intestine of an asymptomatic middle-aged woman with PJS.
Figure 2 a - c In the analysis of the patient’s capsule video, we observed four large roundworms in the jejunum, with the appearance of Ascaris lumbricoides. The patient was treated with pyrantel pamoate.