Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 1985 · 24 citations · 0 references
MedicineInfectious DiseasesPathologyHepatologyHistopathologyParasitologyAutopsy HistopathologyHelminth InfectionsHepatic PathologyMedical ParasitologyParasitic DiseasesParasitic PathologyAutopsy InterpretationHepatic HelminthiasisHepatic Parasitic PathologyHistopathology Of Parasitic InfectionsParasitic Disease HistopathologyParasitic HepatopathologyParasitic Pathology DiagnosisSchistosomiasis Pathology
A survey of the autopsy data on hepatosplenic schistosomiasis during periods, before and after the advent of new chemotherapeutic drugs, revealed that: a) the pathological presentation was the same for the two periods; b) the number of cases in the last five years is progressively decreasing; c) hepatosplenic disease due to schistosomiasis is becoming rare in young people. These data represent a change in the pattern of pathology in schistosomiasis, probably related to new chemotherapy.