Non-necrotizing colonic granuloma induced by schistosomiasis

• Main Authors: Thein Swe (Author), AAMA Baqui (Author), Akari Thein Naing (Author), Tajruba Baqui (Author), Jagannath Sherigar (Author), Mohamed Mansour (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Schistosomiasis is an important parasitic disease with various clinical presentations caused by trematode blood flukes. It can present with asymptomatic, chronic colonic ulcerations, strictures, or inflammatory mass causing bowel obstruction. Intestinal polyps are uncommon and induced by antigens re...