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(Chest. 1951;19:698-705.)
© 1951 American College of Chest Physicians

Pulmonary Manifestations of Schistosomiasis

ABDEL-AZIZ SAMI M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 The Chest Section, Kash-el-Ainy Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.

An account of pulmonary schistosomiasis has been given. The lungs are frequently affected in endemic areas. Asthma, pneumonic episodes or lesions of the Loeffler type may occur. But the most frequent condition is a progressive obstruction of the pulmonary arterioles due to embolisation by ova, eventually leading to pulmonary hypertension, dilatation of the main pulmonary arteries and enlargement of the right side of the heart.

The condition should be constantly borne in mind in regions in which bilharzia is endemic.






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