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
Artigo
em Inglês
| LILACS
| ID: lil-465778
Biblioteca responsável:
BR1.1
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.
Texto completo:
Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
Doenças Negligenciadas
Problema de saúde:
Helmintíase
/
Doenças Negligenciadas
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Esquistossomose
/
Zoonoses
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Próstata
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Esquistossomose mansoni
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Adenocarcinoma
Tipo de estudo:
Fatores de risco
Limite:
Animais
/
Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Assunto da revista:
Doenças Transmissíveis
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health/BR