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Amebiasis presenting as acute appendicitis.

Andrade JE, Mederos R, Rivero H, Sendzischew MA, Soaita M, Robinson MJ, Sendzischew H, Danielpour P

Department of General Surgery and Pathology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Amebiasis presenting as acute appendicitis is extremely rare. The case of a 38-year-old Hispanic man who presented to the hospital with symptoms and signs suggestive of acute appendicitis is reported. He underwent laparoscopic appendectomy and the pathologic examination of the appendix revealed multiple trophozoites of Entamoeba histolytica. The patient was treated postoperatively with metronidazole for amebiasis, and follow-up stool studies showed no sign of residual infection. The patient has remained asymptomatic.

Published 6 November 2007 in South Med J, 100(11): 1140-2.
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