Intrapulmonary vascular dilatation evaluated by 99mTc-MAA scintigraphy and its association with portal hypertension in schistosomiasis.

• Główni autorzy: Andréa Simone Siqueira de Queirós (Autor), Simone Cristina Soares Brandão (Autor), Ana Lúcia Coutinho Domingues (Autor), Liana Gonçalves Macedo (Autor), Maira Souto Ourem (Autor), Edmundo Pessoa Almeida Lopes (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Portal hypertension is responsible for various complications in patients with schistosomiasis, among them intrapulmonary vascular dilations (IPVD). In cirrhotic patients the presence of IPVD is a sign of poor prognosis, but in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis (HSS) there are n...