Entamoeba histolytica: A surprising coexistence with adenocarcinoma – Never brush aside brushings for biopsy

Entamoeba histolytica has been rarely reported as superadded infection over carcinomatous growth on rectal brushings. We present a case of 68-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain and bleeding per rectum who was found to have an ulceroproliferative growth on sigmoidoscopy. Rectal brushings...

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Autores principales: Goel, Palvi, Tyagi, Ruchita, Kaur, Gursheen, Garg, Bhavna, Selhi, Pavneet Kaur, Kaur, Harpreet, Mehta, Varun, Sood, Neena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29692598
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JLP.JLP_129_17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5896199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29692598
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/JLP.JLP_129_17

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