沙特阿拉伯虽有大批东南亚人从事各种民间活动,但从未有过日本血吸虫病例的报告。作者等在沙特阿拉伯首都利雅德的阿尔穆巴拉克医院发现首例日本血吸虫病。患者来自菲律宾的萨马岛,因急性阑尾炎住院治疗,阑尾组织病理学检查见有急性炎症伴有或无肉芽肿的大量血吸虫卵。从阑尾及直肠 Although a large number of Southeast Asians are engaged in various non-governmental activities in Saudi Arabia, there have never been any reports of cases of Schistosoma japonicum. The authors found the first case of Schistosoma japonicum at Al Mubarak Hospital in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Patients were from the Samar Island, Philippines, hospitalized for acute appendicitis, and a large number of schistosome eggs with acute inflammation associated with or without granulomas were found in appendix histopathology. From the appendix and rectum