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Imaging of Parasitic Diseases of the Genitourinary System

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Parasitic infections of the genitourinary system are a heterogeneous group of diseases that have some common features. Most parasitic infections are chronic, and the host’s immune response reacts to the different stages of the parasite lifecycle involving different parasite antigens. Although renal disease is not one of the common presenting features, many parasitic infections are associated with glomerular lesions. While many parasites wander into the urinary tract, only three parasitic infections are relatively common, namely schistosomiasis, echinococcosis, and filariasis. Other parasites may also rarely infest the genitourinary system such as malaria, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, babesiosis, toxoplasmosis, trichinosis, dioctophymiasis, microsporidiasis, sparganosis, fascioliasis, genital amebiasis, toxocariasis, strongyloidiasis, and genital flagellates.

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El-Sherbiny, A. (2008). Imaging of Parasitic Diseases of the Genitourinary System. In: Imaging of Parasitic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49354-9_6

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