Vidal Claudio Henrique Fernandes, Gurgel Fernando Viana, Ferreira Maria Lucia Brito, Coutinho Ana Lúcia, Azevedo Filho Hildo Rocha Cirne de
Postgraduate Department, Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Health Sciences Center, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2010 Feb;68(1):67-71. doi: 10.1590/s0004-282x2010000100015.
The mechanism for development of schistosomal myelitis has not yet been completely understood. Few publications have tried to establish a link between the general clinical presentation of the illness and its neurological manifestations.
To evaluated the portal blood flow in patients with schistosomal myelitis and controls.
Forty-three individuals were evaluated using portal Doppler ultrasound. Group I consisted of 13 patients with the spinal form of schistosomiasis. Group II included 10 patients with intestinal and hepatointestinal forms of schistosomiasis, but no neurological symptoms; while group III involved 20 healthy controls.
Portal venous speed and portal venous flow were significantly elevated in group I (p<0.001) compared with the others.
Doppler ultrasound demonstrated a situation of high flow within the portal venous system of patients with schistosomal myelitis.
血吸虫性脊髓炎的发病机制尚未完全明确。很少有出版物试图在该疾病的一般临床表现与其神经学表现之间建立联系。
评估血吸虫性脊髓炎患者和对照组的门静脉血流情况。
对43例个体进行门静脉多普勒超声检查。第一组包括13例脊髓型血吸虫病患者。第二组包括10例肠道型和肝肠型血吸虫病患者,但无神经症状;第三组为20名健康对照者。
与其他组相比,第一组的门静脉速度和门静脉血流显著升高(p<0.001)。
多普勒超声显示血吸虫性脊髓炎患者门静脉系统内血流处于高流量状态。