Amebic colitis can mimic tuberculosis and inflammatory bowel disease on endoscopy and biopsy

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-121

  Pai, Sanjay A ^a,b  

^a MANIPAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (India)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Crohn's disease; Differential diagnosis; E. histolytica; Error

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CECUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTERITIS; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOCECAL VALVE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SIGMOID; TRANSVERSE COLON; TROPHOZOITE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; COLON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 62849124714     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908316380     Document Type: Article

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