Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis
| Autor: | Mohammed H. Mosli, Wilson W Chan, Susan Kuhn, Izabella Morava-Protzner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Microbiology (medical)
medicine.medical_specialty Gastrointestinal tract business.industry Inflammatory response 030231 tropical medicine Schistosomiasis Case Report Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 medicine.disease Microbiology Gastroenterology QR1-502 Appendicitis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases Internal medicine Acute appendicitis medicine Mesenteric thrombosis 030212 general & internal medicine Presentation (obstetrics) business |
| Zdroj: | The Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases & Medical Microbiology = Journal Canadien des Maladies Infectieuses et de la Microbiologie Médicale Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Vol 2016 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1712-9532 |
| Popis: | The manifestations of schistosomiasis typically result from the host inflammatory response to parasitic eggs that are deposited in the mucosa of either the gastrointestinal tract or bladder. We present here a case of a 50-year-old gentleman with a rare gastrointestinal presentation of both schistosomal appendicitis and mesenteric thrombosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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