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Preferred Label : Schistosomiasis involving the skin;

ICD-11 definition : 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.;

ICD-11 synonym : Cutaneous schistosomiasis;

ICD-11 inclusion : Cutaneous schistosomiasis;

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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.

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07/05/2025


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