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Case Reports
. 2017 Apr;55(4):992-995.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01402-16.

The Brief Case: Benign Rectal Polyp with Schistosoma mansoni

Mohsin Jamal  1 , Omar Rayes  1 , Linoj Samuel  1 , Robert Tibbetts  2 , Jason D Pimentel  1
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Case Reports

The Brief Case: Benign Rectal Polyp with Schistosoma mansoni

Mohsin Jamal et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Apr.
No abstract available

Keywords: Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; parasite; polyp.

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FIG 1
Hematoxylin-and-eosin-stained section of the rectal polyp with an S. mansoni egg in the center of a granuloma.
FIG 2
FIG 2
Ziehl-Neelsen acid-fast stain showing an S. mansoni egg staining acid fast positive.
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