Ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis and schistosomal ocular inflammatory disease.
We describe a patient with unilateral ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis as a feature of Schistosoma mansoni infection. In addition to skin lesions he also suffered from schistosomal ocular inflammatory disease. The infection appeared to have been acquired during a visit to Tanzania. Ectopic cutaneous lesions usually affect the perineal area or trunk, and our patient is unusual in the localization of his skin lesions to the forehead.
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Leicester Royal Infirmary, U.K.
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D000293:Adolescent; D009877:Endophthalmitis / Q000209:etiology*; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic