title: Magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasound in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni.
abstract: We report the findings of abdominal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging observed in a patient with advanced schistosomiasis mansoni. A 25-year-old man with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and variceal bleeding confirmed by upper endoscopy was submitted to abdominal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. During surgery for portal hypertension, a liver biopsy was taken and the diagnosis of Symmers' fibrosis was confirmed. magnetic resonance imaging scans gave more precise information about the gallbladder, periportal thickening and abdominal venous system than did the ultrasound.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. lamber@net.em.com.br
authors.forename: José Roberto
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Lambertucci
authors.forename: Luciana Cristina dos Santos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Luciene Mota
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.forename: Leonardo Campos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: de Queiroz
authors.forename: Rogério Augusto
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Pinto-Silva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004932:Esophageal and Gastric Varices / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology; D014463:Ultrasonography