Pulmonary schistosomiasis in a young male: A case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Waseem M Hajjar, Abdulmalik M Alsheikh, Alanoud Y Alhumaid, Noura A Alkreedees, Nouf B Abdulwahed, Adnan W Hajjar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
• Series: Annals of Thoracic Medicine
• Subjects: Chronic schistosomiasis; pulmonary granulomatosis; pulmonary schistosomiasis
• Online Access: http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2018;volume=13;issue=3;spage=190;epage=192;aulast=Hajjar
• ISSN: 1817-1737; 1998-3557

Schistosoma is a parasitic infection that affects many people worldwide. However, pulmonary Schistosomiasis is very rare entity which defined as pulmonary involvement develops in persons living or travelling in endemic areas. We report a rare case of 23-year-old Yamani patient admitted as an emergency with a 1-week history of productive cough, hemoptysis, and chest pain. Chest X-ray and computed tomography scan showed right upper lobe peripheral abscess cavity. All routine blood investigations and interventions such as bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage failed to confirm the diagnosis. However, he underwent right thoracoscopy and excision of this abscess, which unexpectedly showed in the histopathology of the resected specimen Schistosoma parasite infection.