TY - JOUR
T1 - Schistosomiasis haematobium as a cause of vulvar hypertrophy
AU - Laven, Joop S.e.
AU - Vleugels, Michel P.h.
AU - Dofferhoff, Anthonius S.m.
AU - Bloembergen, Peter
PY - 1998/8/1
Y1 - 1998/8/1
N2 - Schistosomiasis is the most frequently imported helminthic infection in The Netherlands. Patients with Schistosoma haematobium infections usually present with fever, hematuria, dysuria, or urinary frequency. The ectopic localizations in female genital schistosomiasis are frequently misdiagnosed or confounded with sexually transmitted diseases or genital tract cancers. This paper describes a patient who presented with vulvar hypertrophy as a symptom of acute female genital schistosomiasis. The aim of this paper is to draw attention to a neglected parasitic disease that in the future will be encountered in increasing numbers in Western Europe.
AB - Schistosomiasis is the most frequently imported helminthic infection in The Netherlands. Patients with Schistosoma haematobium infections usually present with fever, hematuria, dysuria, or urinary frequency. The ectopic localizations in female genital schistosomiasis are frequently misdiagnosed or confounded with sexually transmitted diseases or genital tract cancers. This paper describes a patient who presented with vulvar hypertrophy as a symptom of acute female genital schistosomiasis. The aim of this paper is to draw attention to a neglected parasitic disease that in the future will be encountered in increasing numbers in Western Europe.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00033-5
DO - 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00033-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 9720844
AN - SCOPUS:0032144549
SN - 0301-2115
VL - 79
SP - 213
EP - 216
JO - European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
JF - European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
IS - 2
ER -
