A photograph of a liver specimen showing pipestem fibrosis, also called schistosomal hepatic fibrosis

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A photograph of a liver specimen showing pipestem fibrosis, also called schistosomal hepatic fibrosis. Patient with heavy schistosoma mansoni infection develop periportal fibrosis with vascular obstruction due to the deposition of numerous schistosome eggs along the trajectory of the portal vein.

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Size: 4508px × 2930px
Photo credit: © Mediscan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, fibrosis, hepatic, liver, mansoni, parasite, photograph, pipestem, schistosoma, schistosomal, schistosomiasis, specimen, symmers, worm