Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) in a Ugandan Child with Advanced Hepatosplenic Schistosomiasis: Coincidence or Connection?

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2014 Jul 9

PMID 25002295

Citations 6

Authors

Amaya L Bustinduy

Kenneth Luzinda

Simon Mpoya

Philip Gothard

Neil Stone

Stephen Wright

J Russell Stothard

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Abstract

An association between late-stage hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) has been suggested but not proven. We present the case of a 12-year-old Ugandan boy with striking comorbidities, including advanced periportal fibrosis caused by Schistosoma mansoni infection and right ventricular EMF, and discuss the possible correlation between both diseases.

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