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The question of bilharziasis in Egypt is of vital importance to the nation. The disease is sapping the energy of the people, and widespread campaigns are now being conducted with energy in the hope of completely eradicating the disease.In 1928 Prof. Mohamed Sobhy Bey1 published a report of a case of bilharziasis of the conjunctiva, the first of its kind.For several years I have been unsuccessfully looking for a report of bilharziasis of the nose, pharynx or larynx. I have not found any such condition reported. Prof. Khalil Bey, an eminent parasitologist, told me that bilharziasis in the nose of bovines has been reported2 but that he did not know of any occurrence of this condition in man. I encountered the disease in a patient with laryngeal obstruction. I believe this is the first case of laryngeal bilharziasis to be reported.A Man aged 35 was admitted to |
