Ameboma: A Colon Carcinoma-Like Lesion in a Colonoscopy Finding
| Autor: | Kuo-Yao Kao, Chung-Cheng Lin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Gastrointestinal bleeding Colonoscopy Gastroenterology Cecum Ameboma Internal medicine Colon carcinoma-like lesion Carcinoma medicine Ascending colon lcsh:RC799-869 medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease Chronic infection medicine.anatomical_structure lcsh:Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology Published online: October 2013 Sarcoma medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Gastroenterology, Vol 7, Iss 3, Pp 438-441 (2013) Case Reports in Gastroenterology |
| ISSN: | 1662-0631 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000355880 |
| Popis: | Ameboma is a rare complication of amebic colitis presenting as a mass of granulation tissue with peripheral fibrosis and a core of inflammation related to amebic chronic infection. The initial presentations are usually obstruction and low gastrointestinal bleeding. The most common sites are the ascending colon and the cecum. It may mimic colon carcinoma, Crohn's disease, carcinoma of the colon, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, tuberculosis, fungal infection, AIDS-associated lymphoma and Kaposi's sarcoma in colonoscopy findings. The therapeutic strategy should be combined with antibiotics for invasive dysentery and eradication of luminal cysts. |
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