Annals of Saudi Medicine (Jan 2009)

Disseminated peritoneal Schistosoma japonicum : A case report and review of the pathological manifestations of the helminth.

  • Al-Waheeb Salah,
  • Al-Murshed Maryam,
  • Dashti Fareeda,
  • Hira Parsotam,
  • Al-Sarraf Lamia

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 149 – 152

Abstract

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Schistosomiasis (also known as bilharzia, bilharziasis, bilharziosis or snail fever) is a human disease syndrome caused by infection from one of several species of parasitic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. The three main species infecting humans are S haematobium, S japonicum, and S mansoni. S japonicum is most common in the fareast, mostly in China and the Philippines. We present an unusual case of S japonicum in a 32-year-old Filipino woman who had schistosomal ova studding the peritoneal cavity and forming a mass in the right iliac fossa.