title: [Diagnostic image (8). Amebic colitis].
abstract: A 34-year-old woman suffered from progressive abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Laparotomy revealed colonic perforation due to amebic colitis.
authors.affiliation: Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, afd. Pathologie, Amsterdam. j.l.g.blaauwgeers@olvg.nl
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Blaauwgeers
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003082:Colectomy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*