Year 2025 / Volume 117 / Number 11
Letter
Intestinal polyps and chronic schistosomiasis

696-697

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2025.11154/2025

Vitorino M. Santos, Andressa Plaça Tedeschi,

Abstract
Intestinal polyps have been described in association with chronic schistosomiasis, and must be differentiated from malignant tumors and appropriately managed. This uncommon condition may be very rarely detected in people from non-endemic areas of this zoonosis, who were occasionally infected during some travel period. The lesions are more frequently described in men, and predominating in the colon. The diagnosis is confirmed by histopathological evaluations and finding eggs of Schistosoma in biopsy samples. The use of Praziquantel has been a very effective treatment. The authors emphasize the diagnosis confirmation as early as possible, avoiding mistakes with cancer.
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Publication history

Received: 14/02/2025

Accepted: 19/02/2025

Online First: 11/03/2025

Published: 11/11/2025

Article Online First time: 25 days

Article editing time: 270 days


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