TY - JOUR T1 - Acute small bowel obstruction due to bilharziasis JF - Saudi Medical Journal JO - Saudi Med J SP - 1624 LP - 1626 VL - 26 IS - 10 AU - Rahman Gul AU - Kamran Khalid AU - Mohammad F. Al-Rajhi AU - Hayan A. Bismar Y1 - 2005/10/01 UR - http://smj.org.sa/content/26/10/1624.abstract N2 - Schistosomiasis remains a major world health problem. The disease presents with protean manifestations in the endemic areas. Small bowel schistosomiasis leading to acute intestinal obstruction is an extremely rare clinical presentation. The disease may mimic peritoneal tuberculosis or carcinomatosis intra-operatively. Small bowel bilharziasis leading to obstruction has not been reported in the recent indexed English literature. This report describes a 50-year-old Yemeni male presenting with acute small bowel obstruction due to schistosomiasis. We review the pathological changes in the intestine following schistosomal infection and discuss diagnosis and treatment. We emphasize the importance of histopathology on all surgical specimens. ER -