Schistosoma japonicum infection: clinical significance of ultrasound findings.

ABSTRACT: Schistosoma japonicum infection can cause severe hepatic complications associated with portal hypertension, which may lead to death by bleeding from esophageal varices. Ultrasonography (US) enables the identification of two different types of liver fibrosis characteristic for S. japonicum infection: interseptal fibrosis (ISF) and portal fibrosis (PF). To date, these two forms of liver fibrosis have not been sufficiently investigated with regard to their potential to cause portal hypertension. Among the 121 reports published, only 56 (46.3%) distinguish between ISF and PF. In 31/56 (55.4%) of these publications, patients with only ISF, two (3.6%) with only PF, as well as 23 (41.1%) with concomitant ISF and PF, are reported. US signs of portal hypertension are reported in 10/25 (40.0%) of pu

SUBMITTER: Richter J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12925349 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature