Abstract
The basin of the River Chikugo around Kurume is still one of the prominent areas in Japan infected with schistosomiasis japonica. Therefore, autopsies done in this district often reveal schistosome ova in the tissue specimens of each organ. Furthermore, as a residue of the present disease, very high pathological changes of the liver, advancing to a stage of liver cirrhosis with schistosomal ova, can be detected.During the seven years from 1955-1961 the authors found the ova of schistosoma japonicum in 34 cases of all the liver specimens prepared in their department. In this first report, macroscopical observations on the morphology of liver are described. Full particulars will be published later by Watanabe.
