title: Acute Amoebic Appendicitis: Case Reports and Review of Parasitic Appendicitis.
abstract: Amoebic appendicitis is very rare, occurring in about 0.5% to 2% of acute appendicitis, and usually not reported in children. We report a case of confirmed acute amoebic appendicitis complicating amoebic colitis in a 7-year-old Pakistani boy living in southern Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and briefly review the literature on parasitic appendicitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Mansoura University Children's Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt; Departments of Pediatrics and Al-Jedanni Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Moustafa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hegazi
authors.affiliation: Clinical Pathology, Ibn Sina College Hospital Al-Jedanni Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Tabarek A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Patel
keywords: Appendicitis; Entamoeba histolytica