A Schistosoma Colitis Case Misdiagnosed as Ulcerative Colitis in a Non-Endemic Area: A Case Report

Çağatay  Ak; Suleyman  Sayar; Ebru Tarıkçı  Kılıç

doi:10.18502/ijpa.v17i3.10637

Çağatay Ak Department of Gastroenterology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey
Suleyman Sayar Department of Gastroenterology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Health Sciences University, Istanbul, Turkey
Ebru Tarıkçı Kılıç Department of Anesthesiology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Health Science University, Istanbul, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v17i3.10637

Keywords: Ulcerative colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Schistosomal colitis; Turkey

Abstract

The differential diagnosis of bloody diarrhea is necessary to specify etiology and plan treatment. Misdiagnosis can lead to catastrophic results with the treatments to be given. In this case report, we present a case of schistosomal colitis mimicking ulcerative colitis in a 26-year-old Guinean male patient diagnosed in 2021.