Clinical Findings of Kjetland et al for Zimbabwean Women with Genital Schistosoma haematobium Infection

 

Clinical findings diagnostic of genital schistosomiasis:

(1) grainy sandy patches (previously described by Smith and Christie to be present in the urinary bladder in patients with Schistosoma haematobium infections, with the grains probably representing calcified schistosomal eggs)

(2) demonstration of schistosomal eggs in Pap smear, wet mount, and/or tissue biopsy

 

Additional clinical findings suggestive of but not diagnostic for genital schistosomiasis:

(1) yellow sandy patches

(2) mucosal bleeding

(3) abnormal blood vessels

Other conditions causing these findings include syphilis, herpes simplex virus, and dysplasia.