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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 (January 2011) DOI: /j x Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
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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 , 15-24DOI: ( /j x) Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
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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 , 15-24DOI: ( /j x) Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions
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