Video Case :Bilharzial Polyposis

Document Type : Images in Infectious and Endemic Diseases

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Endemic and Tropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.

Abstract

A 23 years male Egyptian patient from rural area( Kafr Sakr) in Sharkia Governorate presented with bleeding per rectum for 3 months. Digital rectal examination revealed firm rectal masses. Colonoscopy showed multiple rectal and sigmoid polypoidal masses . Pathological examination of biopsies from these masses found bilharzial ova within chronic inflammatory cells.

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