Genital schistosomiasis mansoni: tubal tumor and parietal peritoneum involvement diagnosed during laparoscopy Esquistossomose mansônica genital: tumor de trompa e envolvimento do peritônio parietal diagnosticados durante laparoscopia

  • José Roberto Lambertucci
  • Quésia Tamara Mirante Ferreira Villamil
  • Daniela Savi
  • Ilveu Cosme Dias
Publication date
October 2009
Publisher
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Journal
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Abstract

Female genital schistosomiasis is not uncommon in endemic areas for schistosomiasis, but there are few reports in the Brazilian medical literature. Here, we describe the case of a 31-year-old woman with lower abdominal pain who was diagnosed as presenting a fallopian tube tumor caused by Manson's schistosomiasis. The diagnosis was delayed because her symptoms were considered nonspecific. Involvement of the parietal peritoneum of the ovarian fossa was observed during laparoscopy and confirmed by histological analysis. The left tube and the tumor were excised and schistosomiasis was treated with praziquantel. She presented a full recovery and options for future reproduction are under evaluation.Esquistossomose genital feminina não é incomum e...

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