title: An unusual presentation of genitourinary schistosomiasis in a Caucasian woman in the UK.
abstract: A young woman who presented with loin pain and pyuria after a prolonged period of investigations and treatment, finally having a nephrectomy for non-functioning kidney, was revealed to have schistosomial infestation with an adult worm in the ureter. Unusually, she only developed bladder manifestations later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Ajit
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Groenewald
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Speakman
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D012553:Schistosomiasis haematobia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000469:parasitology*; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000469:parasitology