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'''Amebiasis]]''', also be spelled '''amoebiasis''', is an infectious disease, caused by the protozoan ''Entamoeba histolytica''. | |||
==General== | |||
*Infection with ''Entamoeba histolytica''.<ref>URL: [http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/amebiasis/fact_sheet.htm http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/amebiasis/fact_sheet.htm]. Accessed on: 17 June 2010.</ref> | |||
*May mimic [[colon cancer]].<ref name=pmid19332922>{{Cite journal | last1 = Fernandes | first1 = H. | last2 = D'Souza | first2 = CR. | last3 = Swethadri | first3 = GK. | last4 = Naik | first4 = CN. | title = Ameboma of the colon with amebic liver abscess mimicking metastatic colon cancer. | journal = Indian J Pathol Microbiol | volume = 52 | issue = 2 | pages = 228-30 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 19332922 | url=http://www.ijpmonline.org/article.asp?issn=0377-4929;year=2009;volume=52;issue=2;spage=228;epage=230;aulast=Fernandes }}</ref> | |||
May cause:<ref name=pmid20303955>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mortimer | first1 = L. | last2 = Chadee | first2 = K. | title = The immunopathogenesis of Entamoeba histolytica. | journal = Exp Parasitol | volume = | issue = | pages = | month = Mar | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.03.005 | PMID = 20303955 }}</ref> | |||
*Dysentery (diarrhea containing mucus and/or blood in the feces). | |||
*Colitis. | |||
*Liver abscess. | |||
==Microscopic== | |||
Features: | |||
*Entamoeba histolytica are round/ovoid eosinophilic bodies ~ 40-60 micrometers in maximal dimension. | |||
**Found in bowel lumen. | |||
**Ingest [[RBC]]s. | |||
===Image=== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Amebiasis_-_very_high_mag.jpg | Amebiasis - very high mag. (WC/Nephron) | |||
Image:Amoebic_dysentery_in_colon_biopsy_%281%29.jpg | Amebiasis (WC) | |||
</gallery> | |||
==See also== | |||
*[[Colon]]. | |||
==References== | |||
{{Reflist|2}} | |||
[[Category:Diagnosis]] | [[Category:Diagnosis]] | ||
[[Category:Colon]] | |||