Original Article
Copyright ©2010 Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Feb 14, 2010; 16(6): 723-727
Published online Feb 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i6.723
Figure 1
Figure 1 Endoscopic findings of schistosomal colonic disease. A: Congestive, edematous mucosa in rectum with purulent secretion in mixed colitis; B: Congestive and edematous mucosa of sigmoid colon and intestinal stricture in mixed colitis; C: Mucosal erosion, superficial ulcer and granular change in descending colon with invisible submucosal blood vessels in mixed colitis; D: Congestive, edematous and erosive mucosa in rectum with invisible submucosal blood vessels in mixed colitis; E: Coarse, congestive, ulcerative mucosa and intestinal stricture in descending colon in mixed colitis; F: Patchy congestion and vague vascular net in mucosa of sigmoid colon in mixed colitis; G: Vascular net like map of sigmoid colon in chronic colitis; H: Cobwebbed vessels in rectum in chronic colitis; I: Giant flat, lobulated polypus in rectum in chronic colitis; J: Giant polypus in sigmoid colon in chronic colitis.
Figure 2
Figure 2 Pathology of schistosomal colonic disease (HE staining). A: Chronic inflammation in rectal mucosa and calcified schistosomal ova around fibroplasia and foreign-body giant cell reaction in submucosa (original magnification × 100); B: Same view as A, at a different magnification (original magnification × 200); C: Chronic inflammation accompanying acute activity and deposited schistosomal ova in submucosa (original magnification × 200); D: Same view as A, at a different magnification (original magnification × 400); E: Canalicular adenoma accompanying low-grade intraepithelial neoplastic change and more deposited schistosomal ova in rectum (original magnification × 40); F: Same view as A, at a different magnification (original magnification × 100); G: Rectal adenocarcinoma and deposited schistosomal ova in rectum (original magnification × 40); H: Same view as A, at a different magnification (original magnification × 100).