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FISTULA‐IN‐ANO: AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF CHRONIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS
Author(s) -
Georghiou Paul R.,
Tilse Martyn H.,
McCormack Joseph G.,
Neely Mervyn G.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb01804.x
Subject(s) - medicine , praziquantel , schistosomiasis , fistula , schistosoma mansoni , presentation (obstetrics) , helminthiasis , surgery , schistosoma , helminths , pathology , immunology
A 30 year old Ethiopian man presented with recurrent perianal abscess and fistula‐in‐ano. Ova of Schistosoma mansoni were found on faecal microscopy. and were suhsequcntly ientified in fibrous tissue excised from the fistula tract Chronic schislosoinincis should be recognized as a rare cause of fistula‐in‐ano. Treatment of schistosoniiasis with praziquantel may prevent further complications of this condition.