Ascariasis

DDx

  • Asthma
  • Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)
  • Acute eosinophilic pneumonia (Loeffler's syndrome)
  • Paragonimiasis
  • Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi)
  • Hookworm disease
  • Strongyloidiasis
  • Toxocariasis (visceral larva migrans)
  • Peptic ulcer disease
  • Other causes of cholangitis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, appendicitis, diverticulitis

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Last updated: December 1, 2014