Schistosomiasis. Apropos of 5 cases of Swiss citizens having traveled in endemic countries
Pernet, A.
Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 106(44): 1503-1510
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672 PMID: 1006273 Document Number: 96274
Among a series of 35 cases of schistosomiasis diagnosed in Geneva between 1961 and 1975 on biopsies (bladder, rectum and liver), the cases of 5 Swiss citizens who had lived in endemic countries are reported. Since the clinical manifestations are often misleading or hardly typical, the diagnosis rests above all on biopsy. After recall of the epidemiologic and pathologic features, the diagnostic steps are reviewed. The object of this study is to call the practiontitioner's attention to the increasing incidence of imported schistosomiasis among the inhabitants of temperate countries.