Genital schistosomiasis mansoni concomitant to genital tumor in areas of low endemicity: challenging diagnosis
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Genital schistosomiasis mansoni concomitant to genital tumor in areas of low endemicity: challenging diagnosis.
Genital infection by Schistosoma mansoni is usually misdiagnosed in individuals who reside in, or travel to endemic areas. We describe two cases of genital tumor associated with S. mansoni infection manifested by methrorragy. Surgical specimens revealed leiomyomas in both cases associated with S. mansoni. In one of them, granulomas were found in the ovary and in the other they were found in the...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1413-8670
DOI: 10.1016/s1413-8670(11)70167-2