[Imaging findings and progress of schistosomal hepatopathy]

Zhongguo Xue Xi Chong Bing Fang Zhi Za Zhi. 2017 Jul 27;29(5):656-659. doi: 10.16250/j.32.1374.2017034.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Schistosomal hepatopathy is widespread in China, and there were more than 30 000 schistosomiasis patients with serious liver fibrosis in 2015. This article reviews the pathological manifestations, clinical presentations, imaging findings as well as imaging diagnosis value of schistosomal hepatopathy, and mainly reviews the progress of the typical imaging manifestations of schistosomal hepatopathy and new imaging methods for evaluating the liver fibrosis.

[摘要] 血吸虫病在我国广泛流行, 至 2015 年我国仍有 3 万余晚期肝纤维化的血吸虫病人。本文从血吸虫病肝病的病 理变化、临床表现、影像学表现及影像诊断价值等 4 个方面展开论述, 重点综述了血吸虫病肝病的典型影像学表现及影 像新技术对肝纤维化程度的评估。.

Keywords: Imaging finding; Liver fibrosis; Schistosomal hepatopathy; Schistosomiasis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • China
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Cirrhosis / parasitology*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / pathology
  • Schistosomiasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Schistosomiasis / pathology*