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Urinary schistosomiasis in children in the United Kingdom

  • Abid Qazi

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Paediatric Urology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, F floor Martin Wing, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jens Stahlschmidt

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Paediatric Pathology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bexley Wing, Leeds LS97TF, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Ramnath Subramaniam

      Affiliations

    • Dept of Paediatric Urology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, F floor Martin Wing, Great George Street, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 113 3926251; fax: +44 113 2066634.

Received 31 July 2011; accepted 28 November 2011. published online 03 January 2012.
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Abstract 

We report on two patients with urinary schistosomiasis, who both presented within a fortnight to our hospital with similar symptoms of persistent painless haematuria. Ultrasound, cystoscopic biopsies and histology were used to confirm diagnosis. Treatment with praziquantel was given. Symptoms of urinary schistosomiasis can easily be missed in non-endemic areas and possibly confused with a more sinister pathology. A thorough history and awareness of disease can avoid interventional investigations.

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PII: S1477-5131(11)00284-1

doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2011.11.008

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