Urinary Schistosomiasis with Simultaneous Bladder Squamous Cell Carcinoma and Transitional Cell Carcinoma

This is a case report concerning a 60 years old man who lived for a short period in an endemic area of Khuzestan Province (neighboring province of Persian Gulf in Iran) for approximately 20 years ago. Recently he referred to the Urology Department of Kerman University of Medical Sciences with hematu...

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Published in:Iranian journal of parasitology 2012-09, Vol.7 (3), p.96-98
Main Authors: AA Ketabchi, GR Moshtaghi-Kashanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bladder
Schistosoma haematobium
Squamous cell carcinoma
Transitional Cell
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Summary:This is a case report concerning a 60 years old man who lived for a short period in an endemic area of Khuzestan Province (neighboring province of Persian Gulf in Iran) for approximately 20 years ago. Recently he referred to the Urology Department of Kerman University of Medical Sciences with hematuria and dysuria. In the sonography a polypoid mass on the bladder floor was observed. In the cystoscopy and biopsy a bladder tumor (Simultaneous squamous cell carcinoma and Transitional Blad­der Cell Carcinoma) and schistosomiasis (Schistosoma haematobium) was diagnosed.
ISSN:1735-7020
2008-238X