Geographic differences in hepatosplenic complications of schistosomiasis mansoni and explanatory factors of morbidity

Reduction of morbidity in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni after treatment with praziquantel: a long term study.

Forty-two with hepatosplenic patients treated with praziquantel and followed up for 5 years. One half of the patients received a single 30 mg/kg dose and the other half, two doses of 25 mg/kg given 4 hrs apart. According to Hoffman and Kato-Katz stool exams, an 83.3% cure rate, was observed after twelve months. Stool egg counts in cases of incomplete cure were greatly reduced. Liver function, a...

Mild, moderate and intense Symmers's fibrosis in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni.

Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni.

We report the findings of abdominal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging observed in a patient with advanced schistosomiasis mansoni. A 25-year-old man with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and variceal bleeding confirmed by upper endoscopy was submitted to abdominal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. During surgery for portal hypertension, a liver biopsy was taken and the diagnosis o...

Splenectomy Improves Hemostatic and Liver Functions in Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis Mansoni

BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis mansoni is a chronic liver disease, in which some patients (5-10%) progress to the most severe form, hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. This form is associated with portal hypertension and splenomegaly, and often episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding, even with liver function preserved. Splenectomy is a validated procedure to reduce portal hypertension following digestive...

Pseudohyperkalemia and pseudohyperphosphatemia after splenectomy in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni.

1. Curso de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde: Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG. 2. Departamento de Nefrologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG. Address to: Dr. José Roberto Lambertucci. Faculdade de Medicina/UFMG. Av. Alfredo Balena 190/sala 169, 30130-100 Belo Hori...