Abstract
Abdominal ultrasound (US) has been widely used in the evaluation of patients with schistosomiasis mansoni. It represents an important indirect method of diagnosis and classification of the disease, and it has also been used as a tool in the evaluation of therapeutic response and regression of fibrosis. We describe the case of a man in whom US showed solid evidence of schistosomal periportal fibrosis and magnetic resonance imaging revealed that periportal signal alteration corresponded to adipose tissue which entered the liver together with the portal vein.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Humans
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Liver Cirrhosis* / diagnostic imaging
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Liver Cirrhosis* / parasitology
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Liver Cirrhosis* / pathology
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Liver Diseases, Parasitic* / diagnostic imaging
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Liver Diseases, Parasitic* / parasitology
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Liver Diseases, Parasitic* / pathology
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Portal Vein* / diagnostic imaging
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Portal Vein* / parasitology
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Portal Vein* / pathology
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Schistosomiasis mansoni* / complications
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Schistosomiasis mansoni* / diagnostic imaging
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Schistosomiasis mansoni* / pathology
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Severity of Illness Index
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Ultrasonography