ECTOPIC CUTANEOUS SCHISTOSOMIASIS: REPORT OF TWO CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: José de Souza ANDRADE FILHO, Maria Sueli S. N. LOPES, Antônio A. CORGOZINHO FILHO, Gil P. M. PENA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1998
• Subjects: Schistosomiasis; Skin diseases; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651998000400009; https://doaj.org/article/5cc632e97b0f42a988dd370dd9212f3a

Two cases of ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis are described. Both patients presented with abdominal papular skin lesions, which on biopsy were found to contain granulomas with Schistosoma mansoni eggs. Twenty-five other cases were retrieved from the literature. Most patients were female, mean age 2...