A case of massive ascariasis in a three and a half years old girl who eliminated 104 worms after treatment with mebendazole is reported from a riverside sector of Riñihue Lake, Chile. Chilean literature about intestinal massive ascariasis is reviewed. Worms showed 12-29 cm of length and 0.2-5.5 g of weight. Total worms weighted 155.8 g.
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