title: Schistosoma mansoni pseudo-cyst as a cause of chronic pelvic pain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sérgio M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nicolau
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schor
authors.forename: Wagner J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Vilmon
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de Freitas
authors.forename: Edmund C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Baracat
mesh_terms: 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*