Schistosoma mansoni granulomas in the skeletal striated muscles in the murine model of neuroschistosomiasis: histological findings
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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115: e190383, 2020. graf
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en Inglés
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ABSTRACT
Schistosomiasis mansoni presents many clinical manifestations during migration of schistosomes in their hosts, including diarrhea, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, liver abscesses, skinlesions, brain tumors and myeloradiculopathy. No lesions have been reported in skeletal striated muscles due to schistosomiasis mansoni in the literature. This short communication reports the histopathological findings on skeletal musculature in a murine model of neuroeschistosomiasis mansoni. Lesions were found in the tongue, masseter muscle, buccinator muscle, digastric muscle and temporalis muscle. Worm recovery was carried out to confirm the infection. We describe here, for the first time in the literature, injuries in the skeletal musculature due to Schistosoma mansoni nfection.
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Asunto principal:
Esquistosomiasis mansoni
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Neuroesquistosomiasis
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Músculo Estriado
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Granuloma
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Animales
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
Institución/País de afiliación:
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz/BR
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Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo/BR
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais/BR
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Universidade de Sorocaba/BR
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