Clinical aspects and imaging patterns with ultrasonography and endoscopy in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis in Uganda

East Afr Med J. 1996 Apr;73(4):228-32.

Abstract

In patients with hepato-splenic schistosomiasis, a close relationship between the grade of periportal fibrosis and portal vein diameter, spleen size and presence of oesophageal varices and their grade was found.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Endoscopy, Digestive System
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / pathology*
  • Female
  • Fibrosis
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases, Parasitic / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Diseases, Parasitic / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Portal Vein / pathology*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / diagnostic imaging
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / pathology*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Splenic Diseases / parasitology*
  • Splenic Diseases / pathology*
  • Splenomegaly
  • Uganda
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color