Schistosoma mansoni pseudo-cyst as a cause of chronic pelvic pain.
A case of mansoni schistosomiasis causing peritoneal inflammation and chronic iliac pain is reported. The patient complained of iliac pain for 6 months. Physical examination and sonographic evaluation found a tumor in the left iliac fosse. A pseudocyst was removed from the pelvic region. The histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of S. mansoni. This is a rare case of S. mansoni in the pelvic cavity.
Nicolau
Sérgio M
SM
Department of Gynecology, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Soares
José M
JM
Schor
Eduardo
E
Gonçalves
Wagner J
WJ
de Freitas
Vilmon
V
Baracat
Edmund C
EC
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003560:Cysts / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000469:parasitology*; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*