1.
P. R. health sci. j
;
12(1): 43-5, abr. 1993.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-176714
ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 33-year-old woman with grade IV pulmonary hypertension and end stage cor pulmonale secondary to chronic schistosomiasis (bilharziasis). The pathophysiology and morphologic features are discussed. Schistosomiasis is an important etiology to consider in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
Subject(s)
Adult , Female , Humans , Pulmonary Heart Disease/pathology , Hypertension, Pulmonary/pathology , Schistosomiasis mansoni/pathology , Pulmonary Heart Disease/etiology , Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology , Schistosomiasis mansoni/complications
2.
Bol. Asoc. Méd. P. R
;
81(7): 272-4, jul. 1989. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-81354
ABSTRACT
We report a case of a 23 year old woman who presented with symptoms of biliary tract disease to our University Hospital in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. A diagnosis of chronic cholelithiasis was made and the patient was taken at surgery. An adult Fasciola hepática was recovered from the common bile duct. We review the pathobiology of this uncommon zoonosis