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Case Reports
. 2010 Jul;40(3):191-2.
doi: 10.1258/td.2010.090352.

Jejunal perforation caused by schistosomiasis

Naorem Gopendro Singh  1 , Abul Ala Syed Rifat Mannan, Mirza Kahvic, Farhan Mn Alanzi
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Jejunal perforation caused by schistosomiasis

Naorem Gopendro Singh et al. Trop Doct. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

We report an extremely unusual case of jejunal perforation caused by adult schistosoma worm in a 49-year-old South Korean man who presented with acute abdomen. To our knowledge, this is the first case of jejunal perforation associated with adult worm of schistosoma.

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