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Generalized calcification of the liver in advanced schistosomiasis japonica--a case report
Abstract:
A generalized calcification of the liver was seen in a plain abdominal radiograph of an old male with schistosomiasis japonica and a myeloma. Autopsy disclosed advanced fibrosis of the liver, and histologically, numerous calcified ova with calcification of the surrounding tissue were seen in the thick fibrous bands. Calcification of schistosoma ova so intense as to exhibit a generalized hepatic calcification has never been described in the literature. It is not clear whether the number of ova and the period of their presence are the only factors that determine the degree of liver calcification.
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