The Protean Manifestations of Schistosomiasis Mansoni
Authors: MARIO R. GARCÍA-PALMIERI
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 November 1962The Protean Manifestations of Schistosomiasis MansoniA Clinicopathological CorrelationMARIO R. GARCÍA-PALMIERI, M.D., F.A.C.P., RAÚL A. MARCIAL-ROJAS, M.D.MARIO R. GARCÍA-PALMIERI, M.D., F.A.C.P., RAÚL A. MARCIAL-ROJAS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-5-763 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince Bilharz discovered the parasite in 1851, there have been numerous publications on schistosomiasis. The clinical picture of schistosomiasis mansoni has been presented by many observers of the illness in Africa, in certain parts of the Antilles, and in the northern part of South America.The disease in Puerto Rico is characterized from the beginning by alterations in both hollow and solid viscera. The liver and intestines seldom escape the effect of the disease. Schistosomal ova are frequently encountered in the lungs (1, 2). 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: San Juan, Puerto RicoFrom the Departments of Medicine and Pathology of the School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.Presented at the Forty-third Annual Meeting of The American College of Physicians, April 9-13, 1962, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Mario R. García-Palmieri, M.D., Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, School of Tropical Medicine, San Juan 22, Puerto Rico. 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