HISTOPATHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT WITH FIRST RECORD OF SCHISTOSOMAL APPENDICITIS FROM SOHAG, UPPER EGYPT
Abstract Schistosomiasis is a chronic granulomatous inflammation that affects many systems in the body in-cluding the gastrointestinal tract. Appendiceal schistosomiasis is also described and can be a precursor lesion of schistosomal appendicitis. The present study was done to make a retrospective analysis of histopathological changes in the gastrointestinal tract affected by Schistosoma mansoni among patients attending Sohag University Hospital, Sohag ... Read more