Pulmonary vascular disease associated with parasitic infection—the role of schistosomiasis  E. Kolosionek, B.B. Graham, R.M. Tuder, G. Butrous  Clinical Microbiology and Infection  Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages 15-24 (January 2011) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03308.x Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 A chest radiograph of a 52-year-old man with schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension, resulting in right ventricular hypertrophy and a dilated pulmonary trunk. Reproduced with permission from Safwat, PVRI Review 2009; 1: 139 [134]. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2011 17, 15-24DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03308.x) Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 2 Representative pulmonary pathology from a patient who died of schistosomiasis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension. (a) Medial hypertrophy (arrows). (b) Plexiform lesion (white arrowheads). (c) Eccentric intimal thickening (black arrowheads) and a dilated or angiomatoid lesion (star). (d) Pigment (white arrows) adjacent to intimal thickening (black arrowheads). All scale bars are 100 μm. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2011 17, 15-24DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03308.x) Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions