Abstract
Varius pathological changes are found inside of the human livers in the chronic schistosomiasis japonica (chronic s. j.). We observed on the pathological changes of 101 cases of chronic s. j. using ultrasonic methods. Abnormal echo pattern has been studied in relation with patient's age and liver lesion. However, observation on the liver using CT-scan of chronic s.j. has not yet been reported. Therefore, we tried to use CT-scan in 32 cases. Our results showed that : 1) CT-scan is more sensitive for detection of calcification scattering than common X-ray, 2) on observations using ultrasound or CT-scan, the rate of abnormal-echo and calcification scattering are increased according to their age and/or degree of liver lesion.
