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Portopulmonary hypertension syndrome in schistosomiasis mansoni.

Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg

March 2003

Emergency Unit, Clinic's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Ribeirão Preto of University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Portopulmonary hypertension syndrome (PPHS) is a complication of portal hypertension where the substrate is micro-vessel lesions which are indicative of plexogenic arteriopathy. PPHS has not been linked to pulmonary schistosomiasis. We report, to the best of our knowledge for the first time, a case of PPHS associated with schistosomiasis mansoni.

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