yemenjmedYemen Journal of MedicinecoVolume 1 Issue 1MultidisciplinaryEnglishJanuary - June 2022NNY20250328ArticleAscaris lumbricoides infestation mimics acute intestinal obstruction in a 4-year-old boyEnglishY5354Maher MohamadNajmEnglishNAbdalmalek MohamadNajmEnglishYIman JamalAlkhatibEnglishY10.32677/yjm.v1i1.3306Ascaris lumbricoides infestation is a worldwide common soil-transmitted helminths infection mainly affecting children in the developing and low socioeconomic status countries where the transmission is by contamination of soil by human feces or use of untreated feces as fertilizer [1]. However, it is rare in Qatar, and most cases have been reported among non-Qatari residents who visited their home country while on vacation. In this report, we presented a case of A. lumbricoides infection in a preschool child who arrived in Qatar after a trip to the Gaza strip.Englishhttps://yemenjmed.com/admin/abstract?id=23References16191. Pullan RL, Smith JL, Jasrasaria R, et al. Global numbers of infection and disease burden of soil transmitted helminth infections in 2010. Parasit Vectors 2014;7:37.2. Mishra PK, Agrawal A, Joshi M, et al. Intestinal obstruction in children due to Ascariasis: A tertiary health centre experience. Afr J Paediatr Surg 2008;5:65-70.3. Ozdemir O. Loefflerand;rsquo;s syndrome: A type of eosinophilic pneumonia mimicking community-acquired pneumonia and asthma that arises from Ascaris lumbricoides in a child. North Clin Istanb 2020;7:506-7.4. Zaki SA, Lad V. Encephalopathy as a presenting feature of ascariasis in aand;nbsp;child. Indian J Crit Care Med 2011;15:63-4.5. Hamarsheh O, Amro A. Epidemiology of parasitic infections in the Westand;nbsp;Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestine. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2020;102:313-7.