Genital schistosomiasis as a cause of female sterility and acute abdomen

Objective: To report the case of a Nigerian patient who suffered from sterility and underwent abdominal laparotomy to remove an adnexal tumor. Histologic analysis revealed Schistosoma haematobium ova.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Multidisciplinary group practice and teaching hospital.

Patients: One patient who underwent an abdominal laparotomy to remove an adnexal tumor.

Intervention(s): In vitro fertilization and adnexal tumor resection via laparotomy.

Main outcome measure(s): Treatment of the adnexal tumor affecting the reproductive health.

Result(s): Histologic analysis performed on the tissue removed at surgery revealed fibrous patches around aggregates of calcified Schistosoma haematobium eggs in the fallopian tube wall.

Conclusion(s): Schistosomiasis needs to be considered as a differential diagnosis of female infertility and sterility.