Colonic schistosomiasis and early rectal cancer: coincidence or causal relationship?

Endoscopy. 2014:46 Suppl 1 UCTN:E671. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1390863. Epub 2014 Dec 19.

Authors

Andreas Probst¹, Tina Schaller², Alanna Ebigbo¹, Helmut Messmann¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.
² Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany.

PMID: 25526419
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1390863

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Colonoscopy
Female
Humans
Rectal Neoplasms / parasitology*
Rectal Neoplasms / pathology
Rectum / parasitology*
Rectum / pathology
Schistosomiasis / complications
Schistosomiasis / pathology*