RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Perigenital cutaneous schistosomiasis.
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 446
OP 449
DO 10.1136/sti.55.6.446
VO 55
IS 6
A1 Adeyemi-Doro, F A
A1 Osoba, A O
A1 Junaid, T A
YR 1979
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/55/6/446.abstract
AB Perigenital cutaneous schistosomiasis was diagnosed in a patient who had no previous genitourinary or gastrointestinal symptoms suggesting schistosomiasis; his only symptom was a pruritic papular rash in the perineum. Late cutaneous schistosomiasis due to deposition of ova in the dermis is rare but can affect the genital and periumbilical areas. This report highlights the difficulty in diagnosing cutaneous schistosomiasis and the need for biopsy of itchy cutaneous lesions in patients from localities where the infection is endemic.