Schistosomiasis Presenting as Recurring Sigmoid Volvulus in a Danish Man With an Inconspicuous Travel History—A Case Report | Zendy

Asger D Krog | Zendy; Johanna Axelsson | Zendy; Anna-Louise Bondgaard | Zendy; Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals | Zendy

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Schistosomiasis Presenting as Recurring Sigmoid Volvulus in a Danish Man With an Inconspicuous Travel History—A Case Report

Author(s) -

Asger D Krog,

Johanna Axelsson,

Anna-Louise Bondgaard,

Jørgen A. L. Kurtzhals

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy057

Subject(s) - medicine , sigmoid volvulus , volvulus , schistosomiasis , danish , bathing , sigmoid colon , schistosoma , general surgery , surgery , helminths , schistosoma mansoni , pathology , immunology , rectum , linguistics , philosophy

A healthy 72-year-old Danish male presenting with recurring sigmoid volvulus was found to be infested with . No other explanation for recurring volvulus was found. A travel history 12 years ago, which included bathing in the Botswana Okavango delta for 10 minutes, revealed the likely time and place of infection. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of recurrent sigmoid volvulus and chronic intestinal schistosomiasis in a patient from a nonendemic area.

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