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Features:<ref name=pmid8255341>{{Cite journal | last1 = Stuiver | first1 = PC. | last2 = Visser | first2 = LG. | title = [Ameboma of the large intestine and rectum]. | journal = Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd | volume = 137 | issue = 45 | pages = 2328-31 | month = Nov | year = 1993 | doi = | PMID = 8255341 }}</ref> | |||
*+/-Mass. | |||
*+/-[[Granulation tissue]]-like appearance. | |||
==Microscopic== | ==Microscopic== | ||
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Amebiasis, also be spelled amoebiasis, is an infectious disease, caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica.
General
- Infection with Entamoeba histolytica.[1]
- May mimic colon cancer.[2]
May cause:[3]
- Dysentery (diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces).
- Colitis.
- Liver abscess.
Gross
Features:[4]
- +/-Mass.
- +/-Granulation tissue-like appearance.
Microscopic
Features:
- Entamoeba histolytica are round/ovoid eosinophilic bodies ~ 40-60 micrometers in maximal dimension.
- Found in bowel lumen.
- Ingest RBCs.
Image
Amebiasis - high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Amebiasis - very high mag. (WC/Nephron)
Amebiasis (WC)
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See also
References
- ↑ URL: http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/amebiasis/fact_sheet.htm. Accessed on: 17 June 2010.
- ↑ Fernandes, H.; D'Souza, CR.; Swethadri, GK.; Naik, CN.. "Ameboma of the colon with amebic liver abscess mimicking metastatic colon cancer.". Indian J Pathol Microbiol 52 (2): 228-30. PMID 19332922. http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=2;spage=228;epage=230;aulast=Fernandes.
- ↑ Mortimer, L.; Chadee, K. (Mar 2010). "The immunopathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica.". Exp Parasitol. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2010.03.005. PMID 20303955.
- ↑ Stuiver, PC.; Visser, LG. (Nov 1993). "[Ameboma of the large intestine and rectum].". Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 137 (45): 2328-31. PMID 8255341.