Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Feb 2016)

Cutaneous ectopic schistosomiasis: diagnostic challenge

  • Cláudia Renata Castro do Rêgo Barros,
  • Daniela Cristina Caetano Maia,
  • Josemir Belo dos Santos,
  • Camila Carolina Queiroz Medeiros,
  • Jessica Guido de Araújo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164647
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 91, no. 1
pp. 109 – 110

Abstract

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Abstract Cutaneous schistosomiasis is a rare clinical manifestation of schistosomiasis, an infectious and parasitic disease, caused in Brazil by the trematode Schistosoma mansoni. The lesions are due to the deposition of eggs or, rarely, adult worms, usually involving the genital and groin areas. Extra-genital lesions occur mainly on the torso as papules of zosteriform appearance. The case of a patient with ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis is reported in this article, due to the rarity of its occurrence and its difficult clinical diagnosis.

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