title: Ultrasonographic findings of amebic colitis.
abstract: We present here a case of a 64-year-old man with amebic colitis who was examined by ultrasonography. Gray-scale ultrasonography revealed marked thickening of the bowel wall, specifically thickening of the submucosal layer. Color Doppler ultrasonography showed hypervascularity of the submucosal and proper muscle layers. With effective treatment, thickening and hypervascularity of the bowel wall disappeared promptly. This is the first report demonstrating ultrasonographic findings of amebic colitis. We conclude that information provided by ultrasonography is useful not only for detecting the bowel abnormality of amebic colitis but also for evaluating the therapeutic effect on amebic colitis.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuhiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujimoto
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshiji
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukui
mesh_terms: D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole; D008875:Middle Aged; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
chemical_list: D008795:Metronidazole