The value of a travel history in urology.
We report a case of a young British woman who contracted urinary schistosomiasis while on holiday in Africa, having swum in Lake Malawi. A travel history would have been helpful in reaching the diagnosis earlier. The diagnosis was made after biopsy of an unusual bladder mucosal lesion and effective treatment given but it could easily have been missed, with the disease's resulting sequelae.
Sultana
S R
SR
Department of Urology, Dundee Royal Infirmary.
Byrne
D J
DJ
McCullough
J B
JB
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003558:Cystoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008487:Medical History Taking; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013550:Swimming; D014195:Travel