creators_name: S, Vijayshankar
creators_name: Ramachandra, Usha
creators_name: Rao, Vastala
creators_name: Siddappa, Sujatha
creators_id: vijayshankarpatho@gmail.com
editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas
editors_id: Kakkilaya BS
type: journale
datestamp: 2010-11-22 14:18:51
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:49
metadata_visibility: show
title: Amoeboma- An Interesting Case Report With an Unusual Presentation
ispublished: pub
subjects: OJHAS
full_text_status: public
keywords: Amoeboma; Small intestine; Extraluminal mass
abstract: Amebiasis is an infectious disease caused by Entamoeba Histolytica  is more common in devolping countries, with various clinical manifestations and sequalae. Amoeboma , is an unusual sequelae which manifests as a tumor like mass within the colon. We present an unusual case of 5 year old child with signs of acute abdomen. A mass was found on expoloratory laparotomy attached to the small intestine. Histopathological examination of the mass revealed numerous amoebic trophozoites and the diagnosis of amoeboma was made. Our case is unusual because amoebomas presenting as an extraluminal mass attached to small intestine is extremely uncommon.
date: 2010-10-15
date_type: published
publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences
volume: 9
number: 3
publisher: Dr. B.S. Kakkilaya
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   S, Vijayshankar and Ramachandra, Usha and Rao, Vastala and Siddappa, Sujatha  (2010) Amoeboma- An Interesting Case Report With an Unusual Presentation.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/7125/1/2010-3-22.pdf