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Fistula-in-ano: an unusual presentation of chronic schistosomiasis
P R Georghiou1, M H Tilse, J G McCormack
1Mater Misericordiae Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 30 year old Ethiopian man presented with recurrent perianal abscess and fistula-in-ano. Ova of Schistosoma mansoni were found on fecal microscopy, and were subsequently identified in fibrous tissue excised from the fistula tract. Chronic schistosomiasis should be recognized as a rare cause of fistula-in-ano. Treatment of schistosomiasis with praziquantel may prevent further complications of this condition.