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Ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis and schistosomal ocular inflammatory disease
1Leicester Royal Infirmary, U.K.
The British Journal of Dermatology
|December 1, 1988
Abstract:
We describe a patient with unilateral ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis as a feature of Schistosoma mansoni infection. In addition to skin lesions he also suffered from schistosomal ocular inflammatory disease. The infection appeared to have been acquired during a visit to Tanzania. Ectopic cutaneous lesions usually affect the perineal area or trunk, and our patient is unusual in the localization of his skin lesions to the forehead.