title: Multiple amoebic abscesses with erythema nodosum.
abstract: Amoebiasis, a common parasitic infection in the tropics is most commonly associated with solitary liver abscess. Multiple hepatic, splenic and renal abscesses are a very rare presentation of extraintestinal amoebiasis in children. The authors report a 6-y-old girl who presented with a febrile illness, hepatosplenomegaly and erythema nodosum and was diagnosed to have multiple amoebic abscesses by imaging and aspiration cytology of a liver abscess. This is also the first case report of the association of erythema nodosum with extraintestinal amoebiasis in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Lane, AIMS Ponekkara Post, Kochi, Kerala, India. gayathrisatish2004@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Gayathri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Satish
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rajam
authors.forename: Sukhmani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Regi
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Nazar
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography