Chinese Journal of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2020;04(2):171-173

doi:10.3760/cma.j.cn101480-20190809-00105

A case of intestinal schistosomiasis misdiagnosed as Crohn′s disease

Mengran YAN 1 ; Fang YU 1 ; Lijun CAI 1 ; Shuyuan XIAO 1

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Keywords

Intestinal schistosomiasis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn′s disease; Differential diagnosis; Misdiagnosis

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Intestinal schistosomiasis is caused by infestation with schistosome, which is easy to be confused with inflammatory bowel disease, especially Crohn′s disease or malignant tumor. Such a case that was misdiagnosed as Crohn′s disease in Zhongnan hospital is described. Schistosome eggs, granuloma and eosinophil infiltration observed in resected specimens can help reaching the correct diagnosis.