目前内窥镜检查仍是唯一预测门静脉纤维化所致的静脉曲张出血的方法。然而,有些研究已表明,通过超声波检测发现曼氏血吸虫引起的特异性的肝脏异常与食道静脉曲张的程度有关。但用超声波来预测静脉曲张出血的价值尚未见报道。本文作者于1988年11月至1994年3月在巴西东北部的 Endoscopy is currently the only way to predict variceal bleeding due to portal fibrosis. However, some studies have shown that the specific liver abnormalities caused by Schistosoma mansoni were detected by ultrasound and related to the degree of esophageal varices. However, the use of ultrasound to predict the value of variceal bleeding has not been reported. The author of this article was from November 1988 to March 1994 in northeastern Brazil