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Ascaris lumbricoides is a leading parasitic cause of pancreatitis worldwide.
Yes — parasites can and have been found in the human pancreas, but such occurrences are rare, geographically uneven, and medically distinct from viral/bacterial causes of pancreatic disease; documente...
Parasitic infections are an uncommon but well-documented cause of acute pancreatitis, with helminths—particularly Ascaris lumbricoides—and several trematodes and cestodes most frequently implicated in...
Human infection with the pancreatic fluke Eurytrema pancreaticum is diagnosed primarily by direct detection—visualizing adult worms at autopsy or on endoscopic imaging, identifying characteristic eggs...