Genital schistosomiasis as a cause of female sterility and acute abdomen.
OBJECTIVE
To report the case of a Nigerian patient who suffered from sterility and underwent abdominal laparotomy to remove an adnexal tumor. Histologic analysis revealed Schistosoma haematobium ova.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Multidisciplinary group practice and teaching hospital.


METHODS
One patient who underwent an abdominal laparotomy to remove an adnexal tumor.


METHODS
In vitro fertilization and adnexal tumor resection via laparotomy.


METHODS
Treatment of the adnexal tumor affecting the reproductive health.


RESULTS
Histologic analysis performed on the tissue removed at surgery revealed fibrous patches around aggregates of calcified Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the fallopian tube wall.


CONCLUSIONS
Schistosomiasis needs to be considered as a differential diagnosis of female infertility and sterility.
University Hospital for Gynecology and Obstetrics, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany. schanz.a@gmail.com
Andrea
A
Schanz
Joachim
J
Richter
Ines
I
Beyer
Stephan Ernst
SE
Baldus
Alexandra Petra
AP
Hess
Jan Steffen
JS
Kruessel
D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012548:Schistosoma haematobium / Q000502:physiology; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*