Entamoeba histolytica‐associated proctitis and ileitis mimicking Crohn's disease—A case report

We report about a proctitis and ileitis terminalis, leading to the misdiagnosis of Chron's disease, in a male patient who has sex with men. Molecular multiplex analysis identified Entamoeba histolytica as the underlying cause. We provide diagnostic images, clues and pitfalls for diagnosis of E....

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Autores principales: Griemert, Thomas, Siegel, Ekkehard, Brandstetter, Moritz, Straub, Beate K., Kreft, Andreas, Galle, Peter R., Sprinzl, Martin F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10199808/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37220511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6833
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author Griemert, Thomas
Siegel, Ekkehard
Brandstetter, Moritz
Straub, Beate K.
Kreft, Andreas
Galle, Peter R.
Sprinzl, Martin F.
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description We report about a proctitis and ileitis terminalis, leading to the misdiagnosis of Chron's disease, in a male patient who has sex with men. Molecular multiplex analysis identified Entamoeba histolytica as the underlying cause. We provide diagnostic images, clues and pitfalls for diagnosis of E. histolytica associated proctitis.
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spelling pubmed-101998082023-05-22 Entamoeba histolytica‐associated proctitis and ileitis mimicking Crohn's disease—A case report Griemert, Thomas Siegel, Ekkehard Brandstetter, Moritz Straub, Beate K. Kreft, Andreas Galle, Peter R. Sprinzl, Martin F. Clin Case Rep Case Report We report about a proctitis and ileitis terminalis, leading to the misdiagnosis of Chron's disease, in a male patient who has sex with men. Molecular multiplex analysis identified Entamoeba histolytica as the underlying cause. We provide diagnostic images, clues and pitfalls for diagnosis of E. histolytica associated proctitis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10199808/ /pubmed/37220511 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6833 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Griemert, Thomas
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Kreft, Andreas
Galle, Peter R.
Sprinzl, Martin F.
Entamoeba histolytica‐associated proctitis and ileitis mimicking Crohn's disease—A case report
title Entamoeba histolytica‐associated proctitis and ileitis mimicking Crohn's disease—A case report
title_full Entamoeba histolytica‐associated proctitis and ileitis mimicking Crohn's disease—A case report
title_fullStr Entamoeba histolytica‐associated proctitis and ileitis mimicking Crohn's disease—A case report
title_full_unstemmed Entamoeba histolytica‐associated proctitis and ileitis mimicking Crohn's disease—A case report
title_short Entamoeba histolytica‐associated proctitis and ileitis mimicking Crohn's disease—A case report
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37220511
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6833
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