Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis

The manifestations of schistosomiasis typically result from the host inflammatory response to parasitic eggs that are deposited in the mucosa of either the gastrointestinal tract or bladder. We present here a case of a 50-year-old gentleman with a rare gastrointestinal presentation of both schistoso...

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Autores principales: Mosli, Mohammed H., Chan, Wilson W., Morava-Protzner, Izabella, Kuhn, Susan M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27366174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5863219
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author Mosli, Mohammed H.
Chan, Wilson W.
Morava-Protzner, Izabella
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description The manifestations of schistosomiasis typically result from the host inflammatory response to parasitic eggs that are deposited in the mucosa of either the gastrointestinal tract or bladder. We present here a case of a 50-year-old gentleman with a rare gastrointestinal presentation of both schistosomal appendicitis and mesenteric thrombosis.
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spelling pubmed-49045842016-06-30 Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis Mosli, Mohammed H. Chan, Wilson W. Morava-Protzner, Izabella Kuhn, Susan M. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol Case Report The manifestations of schistosomiasis typically result from the host inflammatory response to parasitic eggs that are deposited in the mucosa of either the gastrointestinal tract or bladder. We present here a case of a 50-year-old gentleman with a rare gastrointestinal presentation of both schistosomal appendicitis and mesenteric thrombosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4904584/ /pubmed/27366174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5863219 Text en Copyright © 2016 Mohammed H. Mosli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis
title Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis
title_full Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis
title_fullStr Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis
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title_short Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis
title_sort schistosomiasis presenting as a case of acute appendicitis with chronic mesenteric thrombosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4904584/
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