Association between prostate cancer and schistosomiasis in young patients: a case report and literature review

This case report refers to a 47-year old patient with prostate cancer associated with schistosomiasis mansoni, who was submitted to radical prostatectomy. This is the third report published in the literature with respect to this association, and up to the present time it is still not known whether a...

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Published in:The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases 2007-10, Vol.11 (5), p.520-522
Main Authors: Bacelar, Albert, Castro, Larissa G M C, de Queiroz, Aristides Cheto, Café, Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adenocarcinoma - complications
Adenocarcinoma - pathology
Adenocarcinoma - surgery
Animals
Humans
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Male
Middle Aged
pathology
Prostate - parasitology
Prostate - pathology
Prostate cancer
Prostatectomy
Prostatic Diseases - parasitology
Prostatic Diseases - pathology
Prostatic Diseases - surgery
Prostatic Neoplasms - complications
Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology
Prostatic Neoplasms - surgery
schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis mansoni - complications
Schistosomiasis mansoni - pathology
Schistosomiasis mansoni - surgery
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Summary:This case report refers to a 47-year old patient with prostate cancer associated with schistosomiasis mansoni, who was submitted to radical prostatectomy. This is the third report published in the literature with respect to this association, and up to the present time it is still not known whether a cause and effect relationship exists between the two pathologies. The association between schistosomiasis and cancer has been well-documented in bladder cancer; however, there are no data yet proving the association of this disease with prostatic neoplasia. In this report, a third documented case of prostatic adenocarcinoma and schistosomiasis mansoni is described and a literature review is performed.
ISSN:1413-8670
1678-4391
1413-8670
DOI:10.1590/S1413-86702007000500014