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This is a photomicrograph of the liver from another patient with Schistosoma mansoni. These eggs have elicited a robust inflammatory response, including a multinucleated giant cell. These lesions go on to heal by fibrosis resulting in cirrhosis and the classic "pipe-stem" fibrosis.

Cirrhosis is a liver disease characterized by necrosis, fibrosis, loss of normal liver architecture, and hyperplastic nodules.

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