Catalog

Schistosomiasis involving the skin

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Schistosomiasis involving the skin – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1817810485

Skin involvement in schistosomiasis may occur either as a result of the initial penetration of the skin by water-borne, free-living cercariae (schistosomal dermatitis), during an immune-complex-mediated phase of infection with S japonica (Katayama fever) or in the later stages of infestation as a result of ectopic localization of worms or ova, especially in paraumbilical and paragenital skin.