A case of long latency amoebic liver abscess in a nonendemic country: the clue diagnostic value of subtle colonoscopic changes

Dig Liver Dis. 2007 Jan;39(1):101-2. doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2006.08.005. Epub 2006 Sep 26.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alkaline Phosphatase / blood
  • Amebicides / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Antibodies / analysis
  • Cecum / pathology
  • Cecum / surgery
  • Colon, Ascending / pathology
  • Colon, Ascending / surgery
  • Colonoscopy
  • Drainage
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Leukocytosis
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnosis*
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / drug therapy
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / pathology
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Paromomycin / therapeutic use
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Amebicides
  • Antibodies
  • Paromomycin
  • Alkaline Phosphatase