PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN SCHISTOSOMIASIS

Abstract

Although there is a high rate of pulmonary involvement in patients with schistosomiasis (Shaw and Ghareeb, 1938; Faria, 1952; Menezes, 1957) there have been few publications containing an extensive analysis of the clinical picture and haemodynamic alterations caused by this disease. Outstanding among the few are those by Shaw and Ghareeb (1938), Kenawy (1950), Barbato (1952), Girgis (1952), El Ramly et al. (1953), and Marchand et al. (1957). The present paper aims at presenting our contribution to this subject.