[Schistosomiasis mansoni simulating bladder neoplasia].
A 36-year-old patient, proceeding from an endemic area was admitted with episodes of total microscopic hematuria and terminal dysuria. Cytoscopy showed a protuberant tumor in the bladder anterior wall, suggestive of cancer. Biopsy revealed schistosomiasis mansoni. Transurethral resection confirmed the diagnosis. The patient was clinically treated and cured with oxamniquine. The case presented in this work emphasizes that not all the tumors of bladder with microscopic hematuria are bladder cancers.
Lopes
Eduardo José Andrade
EJ
Departamento de Andrologia, Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Altino Seberto de Barros 241, Ed. Memorial Itaigara, Salas 405/406, 41850-010 Salvador, BA. ejalopes@terra.com.br
dos Santos
Tarsila Carvalho
TC
Martins
Vilson
V
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010073:Oxamniquine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D012556:Schistosomicides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D001745:Urinary Bladder Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis
D012556:Schistosomicides; D010073:Oxamniquine