Male Genital Schistosomiasis in a Twelve Year Old Boy from Northeastern Nigeria: A Case Report

Abstract

Urogenital schistosomiasis is a chronic human disease caused by schistosoma haematobium that often manifests as haematuria. The main complications of S. haematobium infestation are chronic cystitis with squamous cell metaplasia and subsequent development of squamous cell carcinoma. Spinal cord damage resulting in lower extremity paralysis has also been reported as a complication of urogenital schistosomiasis. Other atypical schistosomiasis diseases have been described, such as involvement of the appendix, ovaries, prostate, testicles, and cervix. The article presents a case of male genital schistosomiasis in a 12-year-old boy who had skin swelling of the left scrotal hemisphere for a week. Scrotal involvement in male genital schistosomiasis with various symptoms should be part of the differential diagnosis in any scrotal pathology