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DISSEMINATED AND ZOSTERIFORM CUTANEOUS SCHISTOSOMIASIS
Author(s) -
FINDLAY G. H.,
WHITING D. A.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1971.tb14120.x
Subject(s) - granuloma annulare , schistosomiasis , trunk , pathology , medicine , dermatology , granuloma , biology , immunology , helminths , ecology
SUMMARY Five cases of cutaneous schistosomlasis are described with lesions on the trunk. A histological picture resembling granuloma annulare was seen, whose interpretation was clarified by finding schistosome ova in the areas of necrobiosis. Some interpretations for these aberrant cases are offered.