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Volume 31, Number 12—December 2025

Dispatch

Pancreatic Schistosomiasis, China, 2020–2024

Long He1, Chuanbing Zhao1, Yu Lu1, Hongzhen Wei, Zanglong Deng, Yunpeng Zhang, and Tao YinComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Union Hospital Department of Pancreatic Surgery, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

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Figure 1

Imaging from 4 cases of pancreatic schistosomiasis, China, 2020–2024. A, B) Computed tomography (CT) images from patient 1 revealing a mass involving the pancreas. C) Pathologic examination from fine-needle aspiration of patient 1 showing fibrinous exudate and schistosome eggs (arrows). D, E) Abdominal CT of patient 2 showing a nonenhancing, tubular lesion adjacent to the main pancreatic duct in the body of the pancreas. F) Pathologic examination of sample from patient 2 showing intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with moderate dysplasia and scattered schistosome eggs (arrows). G, H) Abdominal CT of patient 3 revealing a low-density mass in the pancreatic tail and multiple ring-enhancing hepatic nodules. I) Pathologic examination of sample from patient 3 showing schistosome egg deposition (arrows) with associated tissue necrosis.

Figure 1. Imaging from 4 cases of pancreatic schistosomiasis, China, 2020–2024. A, B) Computed tomography (CT) images from patient 1 revealing a mass involving the pancreas. C) Pathologic examination from fine-needle aspiration of patient 1 showing fibrinous exudate and schistosome eggs (arrows). D, E) Abdominal CT of patient 2 showing a nonenhancing, tubular lesion adjacent to the main pancreatic duct in the body of the pancreas. F) Pathologic examination of sample from patient 2 showing intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm with moderate dysplasia and scattered schistosome eggs (arrows). G, H) Abdominal CT of patient 3 revealing a low-density mass in the pancreatic tail and multiple ring-enhancing hepatic nodules. I) Pathologic examination of sample from patient 3 showing schistosome egg deposition (arrows) with associated tissue necrosis.

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1These authors are co–first authors.

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