Ectopic Cutaneous Schistosomiasis mansoni in the Sacral Region

• Main Authors: Pedro Raso (Author), Cibele Fontes Alves (Author), Alexandre Tafuri (Author), Wagner Luiz Tafuri (Author)
• Format: Bog
• Udgivet: Karger Publishers, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The authors report one case of late cutaneous Schistosomiasis mansoni in a biopsy of a skin lesion in the sacral region in a 51-year-old female living in Contagem, Minas Gerais. The patient was treated successfully with oxamniquine (Mansil®).