Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic disease caused by parasitic worms: it’s trasmitted by contact with water contaminated with parasites. Farmers, fishermen and people using unclean water, especially in endemic areas, can be easily infected. Urogenital, intestinal and hepatic localization are common. Furthermore, it’s estimated that at least 92% of patient requiring treatment for schistosomiasis live in Africa. It’s a very uncommon disease in Italy, but immigration, especially from North Africa, is changing its prevalence in our country. We describe a case report of a schistosomiasis infection mimicking a bladder cancer in a young black male coming from Africa.
Schistosomiasis infection mimicking a bladder cancer / Olivieri, Valerio; Fortunati, Valentina; Bellei, Luca; Ollino, Massimo; Massarelli, Massimo; Guglielmetti, Sandro; Corongiu, Emanuele; Forte, Flavio; Annoscia, Scipio. - (2019). (Intervento presentato al convegno XXIX Cogresso Nazionale SIUrO tenutosi a Bologna).
Schistosomiasis infection mimicking a bladder cancer
Olivieri ValerioPrimo
;Corongiu Emanuele;Forte FlavioPenultimo
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2019
Abstract
Schistosomiasis is an acute and chronic disease caused by parasitic worms: it’s trasmitted by contact with water contaminated with parasites. Farmers, fishermen and people using unclean water, especially in endemic areas, can be easily infected. Urogenital, intestinal and hepatic localization are common. Furthermore, it’s estimated that at least 92% of patient requiring treatment for schistosomiasis live in Africa. It’s a very uncommon disease in Italy, but immigration, especially from North Africa, is changing its prevalence in our country. We describe a case report of a schistosomiasis infection mimicking a bladder cancer in a young black male coming from Africa.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
