[Pseudo-tumoral schistosomiasis: case report].
The schistosomiasis is an endemic disease in Brazil. The most frequent forms are: intestinal, hepatosplenic and hepatointestinal. Rare forms also manifest such as pseudo-tumoral form. The objective of this paper is to report a 8 years-old boy, from Minas Gerais State, with pseudo-tumoral schistosomiasis. He was submitted an exploratory laparotomy and a biopsy from abdominal mass was made. The histologic studies showed a chronic inflammatory process, with a large number of S. mansoni eggs. The treatment was a single-dose of oxaminiquine (20 mg/kg), with a positive evolution, with non-sequel observed after two years of follow-up.
Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, FCM/UNICAMP, SP.
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D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed