Acute appendicitis associated with the presence of schistosome eggs in a sailor: a case report

BACKGROUND: Schistosomiasis is prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas and rarely reported in developed countries. Schistosomiasis often occurs as a chronic illness, which can cause liver and intestinal damage. Appendicitis is an unusual complication of schistosomiasis. We herein present a case...

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Autores principales: Imamura, Hajime, Haraguchi, Masashi, Isagawa, Yuriko, Morita, Michi, Hirabaru, Masataka, Kawahara, Daisuke, Tokai, Hirotaka, Noda, Kazumasa, Minami, Shigeki, Inoue, Keiji, Irie, Junji, Eguchi, Susumu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6453986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30963331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-019-0615-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6453986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30963331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-019-0615-8

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