Schistosomal rectal polyp - An unusual cause of rectal bleeding

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 114-115

  Delgado, Jorge ^a,b   Delgado, Bertha ^a,b   Sztarkier, Ignacio ^a,b   Baer, Asher ^a,b   Depsames, Roman ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bloody diarrhea; Polypectomy; Schistosomal polyp; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLIC; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ETHIOPIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMIGRANT; INTESTINE POLYP; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYPECTOMY; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RECTUM POLYP; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL POLYPS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 1142303723     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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