title: Ectopic schistosomiasis: description of five cases involving skin, one ovarian case and one adrenal case.
abstract: Seven cases of patients with ectopic schistosomiasis from the State of Sergipe, Brazil, are presented (five involving skin, one ovarian and one adrenal). Data were collected from surveying the clinical records and anatomopathological reports in the files of the dermatology and pathology clinics of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Sergipe, from 1995 to 2005. The patients' mean age at diagnosis was 21.1 years. In the dermatological cases, full cures were achieved after treatment with oxamniquine. In the ovarian case, there was an association with embryonic carcinoma: this patient underwent surgery with adjuvant chemotherapy and praziquantel treatment, with satisfactory evolution. The adrenal case was associated with adenoma.
authors.affiliation: Curso de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracaju, SE, Brazil. wendellpoderoso@gmail.com
authors.forename: Wendell Luiz Santos
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Poderoso
authors.forename: Wagner Barreto de
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: Emerson Ferreira da
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Rosana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cipolotti
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fakhouri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000303:Adrenal Cortex Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000473:pathology; D012876:Skin Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D055815:Young Adult