A Rare Case of Pleural Schistosomiasis in Cytologic Smears

Supplementary material for a medical case report details the cytological identification of Schistosoma ova in pleural fluid from a 79-year-old male patient. The dataset provides diagnostic evidence for a rare thoracic manifestation of the chronic parasitic disease schistosomiasis. It highlights the role of cytology in diagnosing persistent pleural effusions of unclear etiology.

Use Cases

• Diagnostic reference for identifying Schistosoma ova in cytological specimens
• Educational material for teaching rare parasitic disease presentations
• Clinical case analysis for understanding pleural effusion etiologies
• Benchmarking for cytopathology in non-malignant effusions

Strengths

• Provides a documented, rare diagnostic finding for a specific parasitic disease
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse
• Cross-platform presence on figshare indicates established sharing

Limitations

• Contains only a single case report, limiting statistical or generalizable insights
• Column names and row counts are not provided, obscuring the dataset's internal structure
• The primary content is a PDF, which may limit direct computational analysis

Provenance

Source

figshare admin karger

Collection Method

Likely derived from a published medical case report's supplementary material.

Time Range

Case presentation date not specified; dataset last updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-21

Geography

Patient location not specified.