Prostate adenocarcinoma associated with prostatic infection due to Schistosoma haematobium. Case report and systematic review

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 351-358

  Figueiredo, Jacinta Chaves ^a   Richter, Joachim ^b   Borja, Nilo ^a   Balaca, Antonino ^a   Costa, Sandra ^c   Belo, Silvana ^d   Grácio, Maria Amélia ^d  

^a Urology Unit Americo Boavida Hospital   (Angola)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Universidade Agostinho Neto   (Angola)

^d INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Africa; Angola; Cancer; Prostate; Prostate adenocarcinoma; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGOLA; BLADDER CANCER; CASE REPORT; DYSURIA; EPIDIDYMITIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEMATURIA; HEMOSPERMIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATITIS; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA; SEMINAL VESICLE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS TUMOR; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANGOLA; ANIMALS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS HAEMATOBIA;

EID: 84925541148     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-4250-9     Document Type: Review

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