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Actas Urológicas Españolas
Print version ISSN 0210-4806
Abstract
DONATE MORENO, M.J. et al. Vesical schistosomiasis: case report and spanish literature review. Actas Urol Esp [online]. 2006, vol.30, n.7, pp.714-719. ISSN 0210-4806.
Urinary schistosomiasis is an infection caused by parasite, Schistosoma haematobium. Squistosomiasis is an endemic disease in Africa and Middle East. We are presenting a case of a young immigrant male from Mali that came to our clinic with hematuria and miccional irritative syndrome during a year. Parasitological study reported Schimosoma´s eggs and ecography showed a possible vesical newformation. After RTU, anatomopatological study confirms the presence of a vesical esquistosomiasis. Now pacient is asyntomatic after he was treated with Praziquantel.
Keywords : Vesical schistosomiasis; Hematuria; Schistosoma haematobium.