Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings in Schistosomiasis mansoni: expanded gallbladder fossa and fatty hilum signs Achados da ultrassonografia e da ressonância magnética na esquistossomose mansônica: sinais da expansão da fossa da vesícula e do hilo gorduroso

• 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; Schistosomiasis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Ultrasound; Hepatic fibrosis; Gallbladder fossa; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Fossa
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/4cd66f71066d4802b66edc2f14e22831

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...