Portal hypertension due to hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: a case report and review of the literature.
Although hepatosplenic schistosomiasis is the commonest cause of liver disease worldwide, the diagnosis is not often considered in European countries. A case of Schistosomiasis mansoni complicated by portal hypertension is reported to demonstrate how diseases endemic to an immigrant's homeland can present many years later in non-endemic countries.
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Department of Surgery, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Lindley.
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MacDonald
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D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology*; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000150:complications*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications*