Diabetes Mellitus and Pylephlebitic Abscess of the Liver Resulting from Schistosoma Mansoni Infestation 1

Seife, M; Lisa, James R.

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.1950.s1-30.769

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“…This explains why cases of diabetes mellitus resulting from helminthiasis are rare. 21 This relationship was not found in other accounts. 15 We highlight the existence of a couple of worms in the peripancreatic vein, which allows considering the hypothesis of egg lying on the spot besides the possibility of embolism.…”

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“…The number of eggs found in the lungs is disproportionate to the number of worms, whose finding is infrequent, indicating that in general postures occur outside the pulmonary tree. 21,22 The basic lesion is the granuloma, quite variable in number and in various evolutionary phases, indicating that eggs reach the lungs in successive periods. In this report, old granulomas were numerous, most at the stage of fibrosis, in the lumen and adventitia of small arteries.…”

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Schistosomiasis mansoni: associated hepatosplenic, cardiovascular, and chronic miliary forms

Raso¹,

Filho²

2014

Revista Médica De Minas Gerais

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Introduction: The authors describe the main histopathological findings in a serious case of schistosomiasis. Methods: the study was based on the histological analysis of fragments from organs of a 26-year-old patient. Results: the necropsy revealed the association of forms: hepatosplenic, cardiovascular, and chronic miliary with eggs found in the glomerulus afferent arteriole and the rare association of locations in the myocardium, kidney, and pancreas.

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