title: Liver scintigraphy in chronic hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. A predictor of disease severity.
abstract: Liver-spleen scintigrams were performed in 42 patients with chronic hepatosplenic schistosomiasis. The scan patterns found are described and classified in five stages of increasing hepatic involvement. The scintigraphic classification correlates well with clinical parameters of disease severity. With higher stages, the number of symptoms and the severity of complications increase. The liver-spleen scan provides a simple and accurate means to determine extent of hepatic involvement and probabilities of complications in this disease.
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid
chemical_list: D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid