Schistosomal Syndromes
Authors: ALLEN S. SCHATTNER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Article1 August 1961Schistosomal SyndromesAn Exotic Disease in a Connecticut CityALLEN S. SCHATTNER, M.D., ROLLA B. HILL JR., M.D.ALLEN S. SCHATTNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROLLA B. HILL JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-55-2-250 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe schistosomes, or blood flukes of man, when considered as a world-wide health problem, are the most important human trematodes. The total number of human infections is nearly twenty-nine million (1).Schistosoma mansoni, which has a wide natural distribution in the West Indies, is the species associated with the great majority of the cases of this disease seen in the United States. Infestation does not originate in this country, since a natural habitat for the organism's entire life cycle is not available here; but cases of infection acquired prior to emigration are common wherever an influx of West Indians has...References1. MELENEY HE, in A Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd Ed., by Hunter, G. S., III, Frye, W. W., and Swartzwelder, J. C., W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 1960, p. 501. Google Scholar2. Statistics of the Migration Division, Department of Labor, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Google Scholar3. MARCHANDMARCIAL-ROJASRODRIGUEZPOLANCODIAZ-RIVERA EJRARGRS: The pulmonary obstruction syndrome in Schistosoma mansoni pulmonary endarteritis. Arch. Intern. Med. 100: 965, 1957. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. DEFARIA JL: Cor pulmonale in Manson's schistosomiasis. I. Frequency in necropsy material; pulmonary vascular changes caused by schistosoma ova. Amer. J. Path. 30: 167, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. DIAZ-RIVERARAMOS-MORALESKOPPISCHGARCIA-PALMIERICINTRON-RIVERAMARCHANDGONZALESTORREGROSA RSFEMRAAEJOMV: Acute Manson's schistosomiasis. Amer. J. Med. 21: 918, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. DIAZ-RIVERARAMOS-MORALESSOTOMAYORLICHTENBERGGARCIA-PALMIERICINTRON-RIVERAMARCHAND RSFZRGMRAAEJ: The pathogenesis of Manson's schistosomiasis. Ann. Intern. Med. 47: 1082, 1957. LinkGoogle Scholar7. FARIDGREERISHAKEL NAGAHLEGOLVANMOUSA ZJWKGAMPCAH: Chronic pulmonary schistosomiasis. Amer. Rev. Tuberc. 79: 119, 1959. Google Scholar8. GARCIA-PALMIERIMARCIAL-ROJAS MRRA: Portal hypertension due to Schistosomiasis mansoni. Amer. J. Med. 27: 811, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. RODRIQUEZGARCIA-PALMIERIRIVERARODRIGUEZ-MOLINA HFMRJVR: A comparative study of portal and bilharzial cirrhosis. Gastroenterology 29: 235, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ALLEN S. SCHATTNER, M.D.; ROLLA B. HILLJR., M.D.Affiliations: Bridgeport, ConnecticutReceived for publication March 27, 1961.From the Division of General Practice and the Department of Pathology, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Conn.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Dr. Schattner at 1749 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh 19, Pa. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byNeedle Biopsy of the Liver in Schistosomiasis MansoniColitis: Management Based on Pathogenic Mechanisms 1 August 1961Volume 55, Issue 2Page: 250-257KeywordsCirrhosisColitisEdemaFibrosisGlobal healthHypertensionPneumoniaPneumonitisPrimary careSchistosomiasis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...