title: Amebiasis causing massive gastrointestinal bleeding.
abstract: Three patients had massive bleeding from proved amebic ulcers in the cecum. One had an accompanying amebic liver abscess. All were successfully treated by emergency right hemicolectomy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000150:complications