Open AccessDisseminated peritoneal Schistosoma japonicum : a case report and review of the pathological manifestations of the helminth
Author(s) -
Salah AlWaheeb,
Maryam Almurshed,
Fareeda Dashti,
P. R. Hira,
Lamia Al-Sarraf
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annals of saudi medicine/annals of saudi medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 0975-4466
pISSN - 0256-4947
DOI - 10.4103/0256-4947.51800
Subject(s) - schistosoma japonicum , medicine , pathological , helminths , schistosomiasis , schistosoma , helminthiasis , helminth infections , immunology , pathology , schistosoma mansoni
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 far east, 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.