Atypical Presentation of Acute Appendicitis with Schistosomiasis

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that is induced by different species of Schistosoma. The infection can manifest with a variety of different pathologies depending on the involved system and causative species. Schistosoma-induced appendicitis is rare in developed countries. We discuss a case...

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Autores principales: Alsayegh, Hassan A, AlAlwan, Mohammed Q, Siddiqui, Farhan, AlAlwan, Qasem M, Alamer, Haidar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8214657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34164244
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15144
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author Alsayegh, Hassan A
AlAlwan, Mohammed Q
Siddiqui, Farhan
AlAlwan, Qasem M
Alamer, Haidar
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description Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that is induced by different species of Schistosoma. The infection can manifest with a variety of different pathologies depending on the involved system and causative species. Schistosoma-induced appendicitis is rare in developed countries. We discuss a case of a middle-aged female who was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and underwent appendectomy. Upon histopathological examination of the resected appendix, Schistosoma infestation was identified as the underlying cause.
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spelling pubmed-82146572021-06-22 Atypical Presentation of Acute Appendicitis with Schistosomiasis Alsayegh, Hassan A AlAlwan, Mohammed Q Siddiqui, Farhan AlAlwan, Qasem M Alamer, Haidar Cureus Pathology Schistosomiasis is a parasitic infection that is induced by different species of Schistosoma. The infection can manifest with a variety of different pathologies depending on the involved system and causative species. Schistosoma-induced appendicitis is rare in developed countries. We discuss a case of a middle-aged female who was diagnosed with acute appendicitis and underwent appendectomy. Upon histopathological examination of the resected appendix, Schistosoma infestation was identified as the underlying cause. Cureus 2021-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8214657/ /pubmed/34164244 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15144 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alsayegh et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8214657/
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