Unusual presentation of extragenital cutaneous Schistosomiasis mansoni.
An African patient with a hypopigmented plaque on the face, suggesting clinically tuberculoid leprosy or sarcoidosis, is described. Histology revealed palisading granulomas surrounding ova of Schistosoma mansoni.
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis*