Schistosomiasis mansoni presents many clinical manifestations during migration of schistosomes in their hosts, including diarrhea, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, liver abscesses, skinlesions, brain tumors and myeloradiculopathy. No lesions have been reported in skeletal striated muscles due to schistosomias...
Silva-Souza, Nêuton da;
Silva, Ana Patrícia de Carvalho da;
Oliveira, Renata Mondego de;
Lira, Maria Gabriela Sampaio;
Nogueira, Ranielly Araújo;
Penha-Silva, Tatiane Aranha da;
Melo, Solange de Araújo;
Andrade, Fábio Henrique Evangelista de;
Santos-Ribeiro, Larissa Sarmento dos;
Carvalho Neta, Alcina Vieira de;
Abreu-Silva, Ana Lucia.
Abstract Schistosomiasis is a neglected disease that affects millions of people around the world, being common in the state of Maranhão. A total of 225 rodents of the Holochilus sciureus species from the Western Lowland Maranhão were studied, of which 144 animals (64%) exhibited Schistosoma eggs in the...
The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 listed schistosomiasis among the leading 100 causes of death in Brazil, responsible for 3.6% of the estimated total of deaths globally. Eye and adnexa are very rarely affected by schistosomiasis mansoni, with limited documentation of ocular pathology in this settin...
Brasil,
Modelos Animales de Enfermedad,
Infecciones Parasitarias del Ojo/parasitología,
Infecciones Parasitarias del Ojo/patología,
Infecciones Parasitarias del Ojo/fisiopatología,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/parasitología,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/patología,
Neuroesquistosomiasis/fisiopatología,
Schistosoma mansoni/aislamiento & purificación,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/parasitología,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/patología,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/fisiopatología
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate a possible relationship between the size of the spleen and values of circulating blood elements in patients with schistosomatic splenomegaly. Methods: ixty one patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni underwent a clinical exam and peripheral venous blood was co...
Recuento de Células Sanguíneas,
Estatura,
Índice de Masa Corporal,
Peso Corporal,
Hemoglobinas/análisis,
Leucopenia/parasitología,
Tamaño de los Órganos,
Valores de Referencia,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/sangre,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/patología,
Bazo/parasitología,
Bazo/patología,
Esplenomegalia/sangre,
Esplenomegalia/parasitología,
Esplenomegalia/patología,
Trombocitopenia/parasitología
Abstract INTRODUCTION Ectopic forms of schistosomiasis are those in which the parasitic element is localized outside the portal system, the natural habitat of the helminth. Although the prevalence rates of schistosomiasis are high in Brazil, clinical and epidemiological data on ectopic forms of the dis...
No presente artigo, säo apresentadas as principais alteraçöes patológicas secundárias ao parasitismo pelo shistosoma mansoni, traçando-se paralelos com sua evoluçäo clínica ...
Os autores estudaram 1.191 biópsias, colhidas no transoperatório de 543 doentes tratados cirurgicamente por causa da síndrome de hipertensäo porta, por esquistossomose mansoni hepatosplênica, corroborando o caráter sistêmico do acometimento do organismo, infestado por esse parasita ...
Os autores relatam dois casos de esquistossomose testicular em adultos - um submetido a orquiectomia e outro a biópsia testicular. Mostram a dificuldade para se estabelecer o diagnóstico diferencial com outras patologias escrotais ...
Os autores apresentam um caso de associaçäo de leiomioma gástrico e esquistossomose mansônica, operado no Hospital Universitário da Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (Säo Paulo). É assinalada a raridade do achado, näo havendo relato semelhante na literatura médica mundial pesquisada. Comenta-se a con...
