title: [Acute epigastric pain after travel to the tropics. Emergency admission of a 28-year-old stewardess].
abstract: A 28-year-old stewardess was admitted to hospital with violent cramp-like pain in the right upper abdomen, which was accompanied by a single episode of watery pasty diarrhea. Over the next few days her symptoms persisted, she developed a high fever, and her general state of health deteriorated. Ultrasonography repeated on the fourth day then revealed a small space-consuming lesion in the right lobe of the liver. While the laboratory investigations initially remained negative, the suspected amebic abscess and colitis were subsequently also confirmed serologically.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Innere Medizin I, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steimann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kühne
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Budde
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Loew
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D000401:Aircraft; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000097:blood; D004630:Emergencies; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000276:immunology; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014195:Travel; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan