Ameboma of the colon with amebic liver abscess mimicking metastatic colon cancer

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 228-230

  Fernandes, Hilda ^a   D'Souza, Clement R S ^a   Swethadri, G K ^a   Ramesh Naik, C N ^a  

^a FATHER MULLER MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ameboma; Cecum; Metastatic cancer

Indexed keywords

DILOXANIDE FUROATE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AMEBOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CARCINOMA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CYST; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; METASTASIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TROPHOZOITE;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 63449137889     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.48927     Document Type: Article

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