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Case Reports
. 2013 Sep-Oct;88(5):820-2.
doi: 10.1590/abd1806-4841.20132105.

Ectopic cutaneous Schistosomiasis

Thiago Jeunon de Sousa Vargas  1 , Raquel Lopes, Maria de Lourdes Palermo F N Moraes, Karen Grace Pena de Azevedo, Maria Auxiliadora Jeunon Sousa
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Ectopic cutaneous Schistosomiasis

Thiago Jeunon de Sousa Vargas et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2013 Sep-Oct.

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

The authors report a case of ectopic cutaneous schistosomiasis in a 35 year-old female who presented clustered reddish macules and papules on the left buttock. The diagnosis was not suspected during clinical evaluation and required visualization of Schistosoma mansoni eggs on sections of tissue.

Os autores relatam um caso de esquistossomose cutânea ectópica em uma paciente de 35 anos que apresentou máculas e pápulas eritematosas agrupadas na nádega esquerda. O diagnostico não foi suspeitado durante a avaliação clínica, tendo sido obtido através da visualização dos ovos no exame histopatológico.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Reddish-coppery cluster of macules and papules at the left buttock
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Reddish-coppery macules and papules, clustered and with a smooth surface. One of the lesions is eroded
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Medium dermis with an epithelioid granuloma surrounding three Schistosoma mansoni eggs. HE, 100X
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
Detail of the three Schistosoma mansoni eggs containing viable miracidia. Notice that the in the eggs on the left side, it is possible to identify the characteristic lateral spine. HE, 400x
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