Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation
Entamoeba histolytica infection can lead to colitis, peri-colic abscess, ameboma, perforation and rarely colonic stricture. Amebic colitis is usually managed with medical management and rarely needs surgical management. We hereby report a case of colonic amebiasis, presenting as a stricture in trans...
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author | Varshney, Vaibhav Kumar Soni, Subhash Chandra Yadav, Taruna Puranik, Ashok Elhence, Poonam |
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description | Entamoeba histolytica infection can lead to colitis, peri-colic abscess, ameboma, perforation and rarely colonic stricture. Amebic colitis is usually managed with medical management and rarely needs surgical management. We hereby report a case of colonic amebiasis, presenting as a stricture in transverse colon, mimicking malignancy, and managed successfully. |
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spelling | pubmed-63292652019-01-28 Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation Varshney, Vaibhav Kumar Soni, Subhash Chandra Yadav, Taruna Puranik, Ashok Elhence, Poonam Trop Parasitol Dispatches Entamoeba histolytica infection can lead to colitis, peri-colic abscess, ameboma, perforation and rarely colonic stricture. Amebic colitis is usually managed with medical management and rarely needs surgical management. We hereby report a case of colonic amebiasis, presenting as a stricture in transverse colon, mimicking malignancy, and managed successfully. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 2018-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6329265/ /pubmed/30693215 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.TP_40_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Dispatches Varshney, Vaibhav Kumar Soni, Subhash Chandra Yadav, Taruna Puranik, Ashok Elhence, Poonam Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation |
title | Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation |
title_full | Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation |
title_fullStr | Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation |
title_full_unstemmed | Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation |
title_short | Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation |
title_sort | amebic colonic stricture: an unusual presentation |
topic | Dispatches |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6329265/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30693215 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.TP_40_18 |
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