title: Secondary cerebral amebiasis.
abstract: Four cases of E. histolytica infection of the brain among 80 cases of hepatic amebiasis collected over a period of 18 years are reported. The patients were males aged 2, 30, 40 and 50 years. Three cases presented with chest and neurological manifestations. Intestinal and hepatic lesions were present in all and lung lesions in three cases. The cases with neurological manifestations showed extensive, almost confluent lesions in the brain. It is proposed that the condition should be called "Secondary cerebral amebiasis".
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000150:complications; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged