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HEPATOSPLENIC SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN A SOUTH‐EAST ASIAN REFUGEE CHILD IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Author(s) -
SOUTHWOOD T.,
DAVIDSON G. P.,
PHILLIPS G. E.,
RICE M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1983.tb04487.x
Subject(s) - medicine , praziquantel , refugee , schistosomiasis , malaise , esophageal varices , liver biopsy , east asia , portal hypertension , biopsy , cirrhosis , immunology , helminths , geography , china , archaeology
This report documents a case of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis in a South‐East Asian refugee boy who presented with malaise, abdominal distension, and was found to have massive splenomegaly and esophageal varices. The diagnosis was confirmed by liver biopsy and he was treated with a highly efficacious schistosomicide, Praziquantel. The case highlights the possible occurrence in Australia of non‐endemic tropical diseases in immigrants.