HISTOPATHOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL FEATURES OF HEPATOPORTAL SCLEROSIS IN A REFERRAL CENTER FOR LIVER DISEASE IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL.

HPS seems to be neglected and misdiagnosed in Brazil, due to its similarities with schistossomiasis. In our study dense portal fibrosis, obliteration of the portal vein branches, parenchymal atrophy, sinusoidal dilatation and parenchymal nodular hyperplasia were the main histopathological findings and were similar to that described in other countries.