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Gigantic hepatic amebic abscess presenting as acute abdomen: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Amebiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica. It most commonly results in asymptomatic colonization of the gastrointestinal tract, but some patients develop intestinal invasive or extra-intestinal diseases. Liver abscess is the most common extra-intestinal manifesta...

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Autores principales: Papavramidis, TS, Sapalidis, K, Pappas, D, Karagianopoulou, G, Trikoupi, A, Souleimanis, Ch, Papavramidis, ST
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18847505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-325