Splenic Palpation for the Evaluation of Morbidity due to Schistosomiasis Mansoni

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93 SUPPL. 1, Issue , 1998, Pages 245-248

  Gerspacher Lara, Rogério ^a   Pinto Silva, Rogério A ^a   Serufo, José Carlos ^a   Rayes, Abdunnabi A M ^a   Drummond, Sandra C ^b   Lambertucci, José Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abdominal palpation; Schistosomiasis; Spleen; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PALPATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PALPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENOMEGALY;

EID: 0032254331     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000700045     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Barkun AN, Camus M, Green L, Meagher T, Coupai L, De Stempel J, Grever SA 1991. The bedside assessment of splenic enlargement. Am J Med 91: 512-518.
2. Barondess JA. Carpenter CCJ 1994. Differential Diagnosis. Lea and Febiger, Malvern, Pennsylvania, 993 pp.
3. Barreto ML, Loureiro S, Melo MS, Anjos CFD 1985. The effect of Schistosoma mansoni infection on child morbidity in the State of Bahia, Brazil. II Analysis at the individual levell. Rev Inst Med Trop S Paulo 27: 167-171.
4. Gerspacher-Lara R, Pinto-Silva RA, Rayes AAM, Drummond SC, Lambertucci JR 1997. Ultrasonography of periportal fibrosis in schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 91: 307-309.
5. Hatz C, Jenkins JM, Morrow RH, Tamer M 1992. Ultrasound in schistosomiasis. A critical look at methodological issues and potential applications Acta Tropica 51: 89-97.
6. Katz N, Chaves AM, Pellegrino P 1972. A simple device for quantitative stool thick-smear technique in schistosomiasis mansoni. Rev Inst Med Trop S Paulo 14: 397-400.
7. Lambertucci JR, Gerspacher-Lara R, Pinto-Silva RA, Barbosa MM, Teixeira R, Barbosa HF, Serufo JC, Rezende DF, Rayes AAM 1996. O projeto Queixadinha: a morbidade o controle da esquistossomose em área endêmica no nordeste de Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop 29: 127-135.
8. Prata A 1987. Schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil. In Mahmoud Schistosomiasis. Baillière's Clinical Tropical Medicine and Communicable Diseases 2: 349-369.
9. Schlossberg D, Shulman JA 1996. Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases, 2nd ed., Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 260 pp.
10. Sullivan S, Williams R 1976. Reliability of clinical techniques for detecting splenic enlargement. Brit Med J 2: 1043-1044.
11. Westin J, Lanner LO, Larson A, Weinfeld A 1972. Spleen size in polycitemia. A clinical and scintigraphic study. Acta Med Scand 191: 263-271.