Ultrasonography of pancreatic schistosomiasis: a case report.
A 10 year old girl presented with fever, pain, anaemia, hepatosplenomegaly and eosinophilia. No schistosomal ova were found on stool examination. Abdominal ultrasound revealed a mass in front of the portal vein conforming to the shape of an enlarged pancreas. Laparotomy revealed a firm, granular, whitish mass involving the pancreas. Examination of biopsy samples showed granulomata of Schistosoma mansoni in the pancreas, liver and lymph nodes. The patient responded to therapy with oxamniquine.
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D010073:Oxamniquine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography
D010073:Oxamniquine