BLOODY DIARRHOEA IN A CHILD, COULD IT BE SCHISTOSOMIASIS?
Abstract
Schistosomiasis may cause diverse symptoms and it is usually not considered as a cause of disease especially in patients with normal immune system. We are reporting an eleven-year-old child who was initially diagnosed as a case of lymphoma but later on proved to be a case of acute schistosomiasis.Keywords: Bloody diarrhoea; Hyper-eosinophilia; Colonoscopy; SchistosomiasisReferences
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