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Total granulomatous infarction of testis due to Schistosoma haematobium
  1. Ram A. Joshi1
  1. Department of Pathology, Connaught Hospital, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa

    Abstract

    This is an unusual case of total granulomatous infarction of testis due to Schistosoma haematobium, the first such case to be reported. This report reinforces the theory of extraportal maturation of worms in spermatic veins and capillaries as postulated earlier (Joshi, 1962).

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.20.3.273

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      • ↵1 Present address: Department of Pathology, General Hospital, Singapore 3.