title: Disseminated peritoneal Schistosoma japonicum: a case report and review of the pathological manifestations of the helminth.
abstract: Schistosomiasis (also known as bilharzia, bilharziasis, bilharziosis or snail fever) is a human disease syndrome caused by infection from one of several species of parasitic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. The three main species infecting humans are S haematobium, S japonicum, and S mansoni. S japonicum is most common in the far east, mostly in China and the Philippines. We present an unusual case of S japonicum in a 32-year-old Filipino woman who had schistosomal ova studding the peritoneal cavity and forming a mass in the right iliac fossa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Kuwait University, Kuwait. salah.alwaheeb@gmail.com
authors.forename: Salah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Waheeb
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Murshed
authors.forename: Fareeda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dashti
authors.forename: Parsotam R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Hira
authors.forename: Lamia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Al-Sarraf