Amoeboma: resurfacing of a vanishing illness.
Amoeboma is a rare manifestation of intestinal amoebiasis. More than 90% of patients with intestinal amoebiasis have a history of diarrhoea. This report describes the case of a 60-year-old patient who presented with a right iliac fossa (RIF) mass with normal bowel habits and was eventually diagnosed with an amoeboma. In developing countries, a traditional differential diagnosis for an RIF mass is an amoeboma, but its incidence is declining. Hence this treatable condition is often overlooked in the differential diagnosis of an RIF mass. This case report emphasises that amoeboma still exists and should be considered in a patient with an RIF mass.
Department of Gastroenterology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
Vinoth
V
Boopathy
Department of Gastroenterology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
Thomas
T
Alexander
Department of Radiology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
Padhmini
P
Balasubramanian
Department of Pathology, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry, India.
Manjiri
M
Phansalkar
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000469:parasitology; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D008795:Metronidazole