Schistosomiasis was once a serious threat to human health which caused a series of diseases until it was controlled successfully.The relationship between chronic schistosomal infection and carcinomas has been proposed,especially the definitive association between Schistosomiasis haematobium and bladder squamous cell carcinoma had been confirmed.Though the relevance of schistosomal infection and colorectal carcinoma has been proposed,the gained evidences now are still not enough and uniformly accepted.Here we report a case of schistosomiasis-associated sigmoid colon carcinoma and review relevant literatures,and then discuss the possible association between schistosomiasis and colorectal carcinoma.
关键词
血吸虫病/结直肠癌/相关性/防治
Key words
Schistosomiasis/Colorectal carcinoma/Association/Prevention and treatment