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J Cutan Pathol
July 2009
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Background: Even in schistosomiasis-endemic areas, extra-anogenital bilharziasis cutanea tarda (E-BCT) is rare. To date, the occurrence of E-BCT in pre-existing cutaneous pathology is undocumented. The study was undertaken to document the expanded clinicopathological spectrum and to comment on the putative pathogenetic mechanisms of a Schistosoma hematobium-associated E-BCT.
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