title: Toxic dilatation in amebic colitis: successful treatment without colectomy.
abstract: A patient with acute amebic dilatation of the colon and multiple intrahepatic abscesses was successfully treated by a combination of medical and surgical therapy. Creation of a loop ileostomy and blow-hole colostomy facilitated complete healing of the colon.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003125:Colostomy; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male