Calcified pancreas and bile ducts from schistosomiasis
Autor: | M Rudwan, S Satyanath, S Fataar, A G al Ansari, H Bassiony |
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Rok vydání: | 1996 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology Pancreatic disease business.industry Helminthiasis Schistosomiasis General Medicine medicine.disease Gastroenterology medicine.anatomical_structure Biliary tract Fibrosis Internal medicine parasitic diseases Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging business Pancreas Pancreatic calcification Calcification |
Zdroj: | The British Journal of Radiology. 69:1064-1066 |
ISSN: | 1748-880X 0007-1285 |
DOI: | 10.1259/0007-1285-69-827-1064 |
Popis: | Schistosomiasis is one of the commonest parasitic diseases affecting mankind. Egyptian schistosomiasis (mansoni and haematobium) is capable of producing fibrosis and/or calcification, resulting in striking radiological features in target organs. Our two cases with biliary and pancreatic calcification provide a combination of features not documented previously. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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