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Prostate adenocarcinoma associated with prostatic infection due to Schistosoma haematobium. Case report and systematic review.
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- Closing the diagnostic gap in male genital schistosomiasis (MGS): current detection tools and novel strategies.Parasitology · 2025Review
- Genital schistosomiasis in non-endemic settings: a clinical perspective.Parasitology · 2025Review
- Neglected Tropical Diseases and Female Infertility: Possible Pathophysiological Mechanisms.Journal of tropical medicine · 2025Review
- Insights into the State of the Art of Urogenital Schistosomiasis with a Focus on Infertility.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Review
- From the discovery of helminths to the discovery of their carcinogenic potential.Parasitology research · 2023Review
- Appearance of tuft cells during prostate cancer progression.Oncogene · 2023Article
- The prevalence rate, mortality, and 5-year overall survival ofFrontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of recently published literature (2016-2020).Tropical medicine and health · 2022Review
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- Association of schistosomiasis and risk of prostate cancer development in residents of Murehwa rural community, Zimbabwe.Infectious agents and cancer · 2020Article
- A systematic review with epidemiological update of male genital schistosomiasis (MGS): A call for integrated case management across the health system in sub-Saharan Africa.Parasite epidemiology and control · 2019Review
- Avian and simian malaria: do they have a cancer connection?Parasitology research · 2017Review
- Schistosoma haematobium in Guinea-Bissau: unacknowledged morbidity due to a particularly neglected parasite in a particularly neglected country.Parasitology research · 2016Article
- The WHO ultrasonography protocol for assessing morbidity due to Schistosoma haematobium. Acceptance and evolution over 14 years. Systematic review.Parasitology research · 2015Article
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Schistosomiasis affects more than 240 million people worldwide, an infection which may cause urogenital manifestations including, among others, squamous bladder cancer and prostate involvement. We describe the first case of a prostate adenocarcinoma associated with prostatic Schistosoma haematobium infection occurring in Angola. Prostate carcinoma was suspected because of high levels of prostate-specific antigen. This observation prompted us to review the literature on schistosomiaisis with respect to genital pathology and prostate cancer. Described genital manifestations in men include funiculitis, epididymitis, granulomata of the seminal vesicles, testicular masses, and prostate lesions which may cause haematospermia and infertility. In contrast to bladder cancer, only 12 reports including the present case on 17 cases on prostate carcinoma associated with schistosomiasis have been published worldwide. The rarity of reports on prostate carcinoma associated with schistosomiasis is partly due to diagnostic constraints, and its incidence is underestimated. However, in emerging countries, the incidence of prostate cancer appears to increase mainly as a result of urbanization and improved access to health care where schistosomiasis prevalence is decreasing.
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