Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis
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2016-05-10
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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.
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Mohammed H. Mosli, Wilson W. Chan, Izabella Morava-Protzner, and Susan M. Kuhn, “Schistosomiasis Presenting as a Case of Acute Appendicitis with Chronic Mesenteric Thrombosis,” Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, vol. 2016, Article ID 5863219, 3 pages, 2016. doi:10.1155/2016/5863219