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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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
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e8e9f969f1d94c3ebfee60172fdac160
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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. Foram estudados clinico-radiologicamente 17 pacientes com esquistossomose mansoni aguda, toxêmica, não tratados especificamente. Doze pacientes (70% do total) possuíam alterações radiológicas: nove com espessamento da mucosa duodenal e jejunal, um com floculação, um com fragmentação e um com espessamento da mucosa, floculação e fragmentação da coluna de bário. Não houve correlação entre a sintomatologia gastrointestinal (vômito, diarréia, disenteria, hepatomegalia) e a carga parasitária nem com as alterações radiológicas intestinais. Estes dados sugerem a participação do sistema imunológico nas alterações gastrointestinais.