Histopathological patterns of the liver involvement in visceral leishmaniasis

The hepatic changes observed in liver specimen from either biopsy or necropsy of 47 patients with visceral leishmaniasis permited us to define three different histopathological patterns of involvement: typical, nodular, and fibrogenic. These patterns seem to be representative of different evolutive...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: M. I. S. Duarte, C. E. P. Corbett
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1987
Subjects:
Visceral leishmaniasis
liver pathology
L. donovani
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651987000300003
https://doaj.org/article/c12d61d484df4f25ab73b4a6da15bf42
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Summary:The hepatic changes observed in liver specimen from either biopsy or necropsy of 47 patients with visceral leishmaniasis permited us to define three different histopathological patterns of involvement: typical, nodular, and fibrogenic. These patterns seem to be representative of different evolutive stages of the hepatic involvement in the disease either towards a more benign evolution or to more chronic stage with fibrosis and "cirrhosis". These histopathological evolutive stages are related to the prognosis of the disease.

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