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Ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis and schistosomal ocular inflammatory disease
Author(s) -
MILLIGAN A.,
BURNS D.A.
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-2133.1988.tb03506.x
Subject(s) - schistosomiasis , medicine , schistosoma mansoni , forehead , trunk , dermatology , pathology , disease , schistosoma , surgery , immunology , biology , helminths , ecology
SUMMARY We describe a patient with unilateral ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis as a feature of Schistosoma mansoni infection. In addition to skin lesions he also suffered from schistosomal ocular inflammatory disease. The infection appeared to have been acquired during a visit to Tanzania. Ectopic cutaneous lesions usually affect the perineal area or trunk, and our patient is unusual in the localization of his skin lesions to the forehead.