Vol. 36 No. 2 (2019): April
Clinical Case

Urinary bladder schistosomiasis. A case report diagnosed in Chile

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  • Ximena González Gómez,
  • Gonzalo P Méndez Olivieri,
  • David Oddó Benavides
Ximena González Gómez
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Gonzalo P Méndez Olivieri
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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David Oddó Benavides
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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Published 2019-04-30

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González Gómez X, Méndez Olivieri GP, Oddó Benavides D. Urinary bladder schistosomiasis. A case report diagnosed in Chile. Rev. Chilena. Infectol. [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 30 [cited 2025 Nov. 13];36(2). Available from: https://revinf.cl/index.php/revinf/article/view/144

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Abstract

Urinary schistosomiasis is produced by Schistosoma haematobium. It is an endemic disease in many regions of the world, non-existent in Chile. We report a case of a young man who traveled to Malawi, in southern Africa, and who returned to Chile. Few years later, he presented a urinary syndrome with macroscopic hematuria. The bladder biopsy showed a granulomatous and eosinophilic cystitis with eggs of Schistosoma haematobium.
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