Amoeboma of ascending colon with multiple amoebic liver abscesses.
A case of amoeboma of the ascending colon with multiple amoebic liver abscess is being presented; which was mistakenly diagnosed as carcinoma of ascending colon with multiple secondaries in liver. Awareness of this previously unreported association is important because it adds to our knowledge of the spectrum of intestinal amoebiasis.
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NSCB Government Medical College, Jabalpur, India.
Patel
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Vaidya
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D000818:Animals; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged