Evidence of intra-hepatic vascular proliferation remodeling early after cure in experimental schistosomiasis mansoni: An immunohistochemical descriptive study

► Angiogenesis is paradoxically present during both formation and resolution of schistosomal granuloma. ► There is a potential beneficial effect of vascular proliferation in the process of healing. ► The recently postulated treatment of fibrosis by blocking angiogenesis should be reconsidered.