Clinical diagnostic problems associated with cecal ameboma. Case report and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 823-825

  Radovanovic, Zoran L ^a   Katic, Vuka V ^a   Nagorni, Aleksandar V ^a   Zivkovic, Vesna V ^a   Stankovic, Tatjana D ^a   Trenkic, Marija S ^b  

^a University Medical School   (Serbia)

^b Clinic of Ophthalmology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ameboma; Cecal carcinoma; Entamoeba histolytica; Radiology histopathology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CECUM CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFECATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSENTERY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE STENOSIS; INTESTINE WALL; MESENTERY DISEASE; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TROPHOZOITE; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 35348893170     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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