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Annals of Saudi Medicine. 2009; 29 (2): 149-152
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RESUMO
Schistosomiasis [also known as bilharzia, bilharziasis, bilharziosis or snail fever] is a human disease syndrome caused by infection from one of several species of parasitic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma. The three main species infecting humans are S haematobium, S japonicum, and S mansoni. S japonicum is most common in the fareast, mostly in China and the Philippines. We present an unusual case of S japonicum in a 32-year-old Filipino woman who had schistosomal ova studding the peritoneal cavity and forming a mass in the right iliac fossa