Bowel X-ray alterations in acute human schistosomiasis

A radiological study of the small intestine of 17 untreated patients in the acute phase ofschistosomiasis was performed. Twelve patients (70% of total) had alterations: nine had clear-cut thickening of the duodenal and jejunal folds, one flocculation, one fragmentation and one thickening of mucosae,...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Enio Roberto Pietra Pedroso, José Roberto Lambertucci, Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha, Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco, Cid Sérgio Ferreira, Roberto Sena Rocha, Naftale Katz
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1987
Subjects:
Schistosoma mansoni
Esquistossomose toxêmica aguda
Alterações radiológicas intestinais
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Aguda
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821987000300006
https://doaj.org/article/a4204ae5833b4048aae8781df3b4dd07
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Summary:A radiological study of the small intestine of 17 untreated patients in the acute phase ofschistosomiasis was performed. Twelve patients (70% of total) had alterations: nine had clear-cut thickening of the duodenal and jejunal folds, one flocculation, one fragmentation and one thickening of mucosae, flocculation and fragmentation of the barium column. There was no correlation of the gastrointestinal symptomatology (vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatomegaly) neither with the parasitological load nor with the x-ray alterations.

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