Clinical versus ultrasound examination in the evaluation of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni in endemic areas |
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Authors: | Marinho Carolina Coimbra Voieta Izabela Azeredo Letícia Martins Nishi Marina Pires Batista Thaís Sanai Pereira Ana Carolina Figueiredo Serufo José Carlos Queiroz Leonardo Campos de Ruiz-Guevara Raiza Antunes Carlos Maurício Prata Aluízio Lambertucci José Roberto |
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Institution: | Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Ciências da Saúde: Infectologia e Medicina Tropical, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 30130-100 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. |
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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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