Ectopic ascariasis: an unusual case of pyopneumothorax.

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1998-04-17
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A patient of tuberculous pyopneumothroax with broncho-pleural fistula in whom a mature roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides migrated from the intestine to lodge itself in the pleural cavity is being reported.
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Sen MK, Chakrabarti S, Ojha UC, Daima SR, Gupta R, Suri JC. Ectopic ascariasis: an unusual case of pyopneumothorax. The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences. 1998 Apr-Jun; 40(2): 131-3