Disagreement between ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in the identification of schistosomal periportal fibrosis.
Abdominal ultrasound (US) has been widely used in the evaluation of patients with schistosomiasis mansoni. It represents an important indirect method of diagnosis and classification of the disease, and it has also been used as a tool in the evaluation of therapeutic response and regression of fibrosis. We describe the case of a man in whom US showed solid evidence of schistosomal periportal fibrosis and magnetic resonance imaging revealed that periportal signal alteration corresponded to adipose tissue which entered the liver together with the portal vein.
Silva
Luciana C S
LC
Serviço de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina, Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Alfredo Balena 190, 30130-100 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. lucristina@medicina.ufmg.br
Pereira
Ana C F
AC
Queiroz
Leonardo C
LC
Andrade
Luciene M
LM
Antunes
Carlos M F
CM
Lambertucci
José R
JR
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014463:Ultrasonography