Association between prostate cancer and schistosomiasis in young patients: A case report and literature review

Abstract

This case report refers to a 47-year old patient with prostate cancer associated with schistosomiasis mansoni, who was submitted to radical prostatectomy. This Is the third report published in the literature with respect to this association, and up to the present time it is still not known whether it cause and effect relationship exists between the two pathologies. The association between schistosominsis and cancer has been well-documented in, bludder cancer; however, there are no data yet proving the association of this disease with prostatic neoplasia. In this report a third documented case of prostatic adenocarcinoma and schistosomiasis mansoni is described and a literature. review is performed. © 2007 by The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Contexto Publishing. All rights reserved.