Schistosomiasis presenting as recurring sigmoid volvulus in a Danish man with an inconspicuous travel history: a case report

TY - JOUR

T1 - Schistosomiasis presenting as recurring sigmoid volvulus in a Danish man with an inconspicuous travel history

T2 - a case report

AU - Krog, Asger D

AU - Axelsson, Johanna M

AU - Bondgaard, Anna-Louise R

AU - Kurtzhals, Jørgen A

PY - 2018/4/1

Y1 - 2018/4/1

N2 - A healthy 72-year-old Danish male presenting with recurring sigmoid volvulus was found to be infested with Schistosoma mansoni. No other explanation for recurring volvulus was found. A travel history 12 years ago, which included bathing in the Botswana Okavango delta for 10 minutes, revealed the likely time and place of infection. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of recurrent sigmoid volvulus and chronic intestinal schistosomiasis in a patient from a nonendemic area.

AB - A healthy 72-year-old Danish male presenting with recurring sigmoid volvulus was found to be infested with Schistosoma mansoni. No other explanation for recurring volvulus was found. A travel history 12 years ago, which included bathing in the Botswana Okavango delta for 10 minutes, revealed the likely time and place of infection. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of recurrent sigmoid volvulus and chronic intestinal schistosomiasis in a patient from a nonendemic area.

U2 - 10.1093/ofid/ofy057

DO - 10.1093/ofid/ofy057

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 29644249

SN - 2328-8957

VL - 5

JO - Open Forum Infectious Diseases

JF - Open Forum Infectious Diseases

IS - 4

M1 - ofy057

ER -