STUDIES ON LIVER FIBROSIS (CIRRHOSIS) DUE TO SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA

III: THE STATE OF INTERVENTION OF OVA IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT

Abstract

As the pathological changes of liver occurring in cases of schistosomiasis japonica are nothing but partial symptomes which happened to appear in the liver, it is difficult to gain a full understanding of the pathology of liver fibrosis (cirrhosis) due to schistosomiasis japonica as long as observation is confined to the liver alone. Therefore, the pathological changes occurring not only in the digestive system but also in the portal, arterial, venous and bile-duct system, which are thought to have a great influence on the liver in case of schistosomiasis japonica, must be examined together. Both the digestive tract and the liver are organs which are attacked by preference by ova in the present disease. In this paper the relationship between the state of intervention of ova in the digestive tract and the degree of liver fibrosis will be described.