title: Urinary schistosomiasis in Maiduguri, north east Nigeria.
abstract: From January to December 1983, 12,207 specimens of urine were examined for ova of Schistosoma haematobium and 753 (6.17%) were positive. From this group, 44 adult patients were investigated for urinary tract abnormalities. Haematuria was the commonest presenting symptom (81.8%) followed by lower abdominal pain (77.3%) and dysuria (68.2%). Urinalysis revealed proteinuria in 55.5%, leucocyturia in 90.9% and microhaematuria in 88.6% of patients. Twenty-four hour protein excretion ranged from 230 mg to 2.2 g (mean 960 mg). Serum creatinine was raised in one patient (2.2 mg dl-1), Urological abnormalities included calcification of the bladder in 36.4%, ureteric strictures and dilatations in 65.9%, hydronephrosis in 9.1%, squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder in 4.5%, vesicle calculus in 2.3%, and multiple granulomatas in the bladder in 2.3% of the patients. The results of the study suggest that a sizeable population of this area is at risk of developing urological complications and consequently chronic renal insufficiency.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D012307:Risk Factors; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000652:urine; D014567:Urography; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology