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A 20-year-old man presented with abdominal pain. An ultrasound revealed a moving tubular echogenic structure in the stomach (shown in a video). Stool examination for ova and parasites revealed fertilized eggs, and a diagnosis of ascariasis was made.

Vivek Chaurasia, M.B., B.S.
Sanjeev Bhoi, M.B., B.S., M.D.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

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This article was published on November 21, 2020, at NEJM.org.

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