Schistosomiasis and liver disease: Learning from the past to understand the present

Eman Abdelghani; Rommel Zerpa; Gloria Iliescu; Carmen P Escalante

doi:10.1002/ccr3.2922

Schistosomiasis and liver disease: Learning from the past to understand the present

Clin Case Rep. 2020 May 22;8(8):1522-1526. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.2922. eCollection 2020 Aug.

Authors

Eman Abdelghani¹, Rommel Zerpa¹, Gloria Iliescu¹, Carmen P Escalante¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Internal Medicine Department of General Internal Medicine The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas USA.

Abstract

To diagnose schistosomiasis, past medical history review should include recent travel to or from an endemic area, a history of elevated liver enzymes as well as contact with contaminated sources of water or farm animals.

Keywords: gastroenterology; hepatology; infectious diseases; liver diseases; schistosoma; schistosomiasis.

Publication types

Case Reports