1.
P. R. health sci. j
;
12(1): 43-5, abr. 1993.
Article
Dans Anglais
| LILACS
| ID: lil-176714
Résumé
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
Sujets)
Adulte , Femelle , Humains , Coeur pulmonaire/anatomopathologie , Hypertension pulmonaire/anatomopathologie , Schistosomiase à Schistosoma mansoni/anatomopathologie , Coeur pulmonaire/étiologie , Hypertension pulmonaire/étiologie , Schistosomiase à Schistosoma mansoni/complications
2.
Bol. Asoc. Méd. P. R
;
81(7): 272-4, jul. 1989. ilus
Article
Dans Anglais
| LILACS
| ID: lil-81354
Résumé
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