Unexpected outcome of dyspeptic syndrome

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2024 Dec;116(12):720-721. doi: 10.17235/reed.2024.10768/2024.

Abstract

A 57-year-old black male patient was admitted with flatulence and post-prandial fullness a month ago. No other gastrointestinal complaints. He had history of arterial hypertension, medicated with nifedipine 30mg/day and hydrochlorthiazide 50mg/day, and had been diagnosed and treated for malaria a week before admission. The patient reported frequent bathing in rivers and smoking habits since the age of 18, around a pack and a half a day. Abdominal ultrasound showed periportal fibrosis, without findings of portal hypertension. A rectal biopsy was performed with findings of Schistosome mansoni eggs on microscopy. This case illustrates a patient who was admitted due to dyspeptic syndrome, and during the study of his condition was found to have periportal fibrosis, which in a country endemic for Schistosomiasis such as Mozambique, this pathology must always be investigated. A history of bathing in rivers increases the chances of it being Schistosomiasis, confirmed by the demonstration of parasite eggs in a rectal biopsy. Treatment with prazinquantel was done at a dose of 40 mg/kg and outpatient follow-up was scheduled for six months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dyspepsia* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / complications
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / drug therapy
  • Syndrome