Histopathological patterns of the liver involvement in visceral leishmaniasis
Keywords:
Visceral leishmaniasis, liver pathology, L. donovaniAbstract
The hepatic changes observed in liver specimen from either biopsy or necropsy of 47 patients with visceral leishmaniasis permited us to define three different histopathological patterns of involvement: typical, nodular, and fibrogenic. These patterns seem to be representative of different evolutive stages of the hepatic involvement in the disease either towards a more benign evolution or to more chronic stage with fibrosis and "cirrhosis". These histopathological evolutive stages are related to the prognosis of the disease.Downloads
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1987-06-01
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Duarte, M. I. S., & Corbett, C. E. P. (1987). Histopathological patterns of the liver involvement in visceral leishmaniasis . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 29(3), 131-136. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28506