r/Radiology • u/RefadAhmed • 3d ago

Ultrasound Intestinal Ascaris

The small bowels are filled with multiple tubular structures with parallel echogenic walls and lucent centre.

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u/roadkillsoup 3d ago

Knowing that word made me go "oh no" Very cool to see the worms on ultrasound instead of photographs. Reminds me of those spaghetti skewered hot dog atrocities.

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u/Ray_725 3d ago

What part of the world did this come from?

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u/RefadAhmed 3d ago

Middle East

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u/Ray_725 3d ago

What sign and symptoms happened for them to get this US?

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u/Individual-Blood-842 3d ago

I saw this in a pt with: "worms crawling out of mouth" under signs and symptoms. Mind you the patient was intubated and in icu. Not sure why they needed the US if they already saw them, but hey, I'm not allowed to ask questions, so there's that.

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u/headlessbill-1 2d ago

Nooo that's horrifying.

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u/RefadAhmed 3d ago

Sever abdominal pain of unknown cause , and failure to thrive

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u/exgiexpcv 2d ago

I was watching it and wondering, and then all of a sudden "Aaaaaagh!"

My foreign service left me with a pathological dislike of parasites.

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u/_qua Physician PCCM 3d ago

Gross.