TY - JOUR AU - Yadav, Aditya Prakash AU - Karki, Rishi Kumar AU - Rai, Binod Kumar PY - 2020/03/15 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Ascaris infection, a rare cause of necrotizing pancreatitis in a child JF - Journal of Chitwan Medical College JA - JCMC VL - 10 IS - 1 SE - Case Reports DO - UR - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JCMC/article/view/28081 SP - 88-90 AB - <p class="Default" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="A1"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Necrotizing pancreatitis is a very rare in children and is associated with high morbidity &amp; mortality rates. We report a case of 5yr old boy who presented with upper abdominal pain, vomiting and non-passage of stool for 1day. After resuscitation and investigating the child, a provisional diagnosis of biliary ascariasis (BA) with acute pancreatitis was made. The child developed peritonitis after 2 days of admission and exploratory laparotomy was planned. An intraoperative diagnosis of necrotizing pancreatitis was made and the child was successfully managed.</span></span></p> ER -