Association between prostate cancer and schistosomiasis in young patients: a case report and literature review
Braz. j. infect. dis
; 11(5): 520-522, Oct. 2007. ilus
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
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.
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Collection:
International databases
Health context:
Neglected Diseases
Health problem:
Helminthiasis
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Neglected Diseases
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Schistosomiasis
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Zoonoses
Database:
LILACS
Main subject:
Prostatic Neoplasms
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Schistosomiasis mansoni
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Adenocarcinoma
Type of study:
Risk factors
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health/BR