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  • Title: Clinical versus ultrasound examination in the evaluation of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni in endemic areas.
    Author: Marinho CC, Voieta I, Azeredo LM, Nishi MP, Batista TS, Pereira AC, Serufo JC, Queiroz LC, Ruiz-Guevara R, Antunes CM, Prata A, Lambertucci JR.
    Journal: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz; 2006 Sep; 101 Suppl 1():317-21. PubMed ID: 17308789.
    Abstract:
    The best way to appraise the size of abdominal organs remains undefined. Herein we compare the size of liver and spleen in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis using clinical and ultrasound (US) examination, and the size of the organs measured by US with their visualization below the costal margin ("palpable by US"). For this study, 411 individuals from an endemic area for schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil have been selected. We found that palpable spleens and left liver lobes are larger than non palpable ones. Also, 23% of normal spleens measured by US were palpable on clinical examination, and 22% of spleens increased in size on US were non palpable. A total of 21% of normal spleens were "palpable by US". We also found 54% of normal sized right liver lobes palpable on clinical examination, whilst 54% of the increased livers, measured by US, were non palpable. About 76% of normal right liver lobes were "palpable by US". We conclude that the association of clinical, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations, in the near future, should give the investigators the necessary tools to perform a more accurate clinical diagnosis of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni.
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