Pediatric tapeworm intestinal obstruction

Ascariasis is one of the most common intestinal parasitic diseases in the human body in China. It is more common in school-aged children and can cause complications such as ascariasis intestinal obstruction, biliary roundworm, and roundworm peritonitis. Tapeworm intestinal obstruction is caused by the mechanical blockage of the intestinal tract caused by roundworm aggregation, and it is mostly simple and partial intestinal obstruction in non-tumor obstructive intestinal obstruction. Obstruction is most common at the terminal ileum. But it can occur in any part of the small intestine.

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