Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings in Schistosomiasis mansoni: expanded gallbladder fossa and fatty hilum signs

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Luciana Cristina dos Santos Silva, Luciene Mota Andrade, Ivie Braga de Paula, Leonardo Campos de Queiroz, Carlos Maurício Figueiredo Antunes, José Roberto Lambertucci
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
• Subjects: Esquistossomoses; Ressonância magnética; Ultrassonografia; Fibrose hepática; Fossa da vesícula; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Fossa
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86822012005000008; https://doaj.org/article/266c639dbe9e4a3db6e4f69d6c4fd434

INTRODUCTION: There is no study relating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to ultrasound (US) findings in patients with Schistosomiasis mansoni. Our aim was to describe MRI findings inpatients with schistosomal liver disease identified by US. METHODS: Fifty-four patients (mean age 41.6±13.5years) fro...