Schistosomiasis Manifesting as a Rectum Polyp in Nigeria
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چکیده
Schistosomiasis is a peculiar worm disease found in different parts of the world (1). In this respect, migration plays an important part, e.g., an Ethiopian woman living in Lebanon (2) and those patients from Puerto Rico, “where the parasite is endemic,” but were treated in USA (3). Incidentally, the available single cases of intestinal infestation by schistosomes were recorded in terms of “polyp” formation (2,3). Therefore, our paper contributes this type of infestation.
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