Figure 1
Liver biopsy, scanned hematoxylin and eosin image × 10 magnification. The schistosome ovum (arrowed) is situated next to a small bile duct and surrounded by inflammatory cells including lymphocytes and plasma cells. The inflammation involves a collapsed area of liver parenchyma; an adjacent nodule of hepatocytes is present. A portal tract in longitudinal section is present above the ovum.