tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Gigantic hepatic amebic abscess presenting as acute abdomen: a case report"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Gigantic hepatic amebic abscess presenting as acute abdomen: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Gigantic hepatic amebic abscess presenting as acute abdomen a case report TS Papavramidis1 K Sapalidis1 D Pappas2 G Karagianopoulou2 ATrikoupi3 Ch Souleimanis1 and ST Papavramidis 1 Address 13rd Department of Surgery . University Hospital of Thessaloniki Aristotle s University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Macedonia Greece 2Department of Pathology . University Hospital of Thessaloniki Aristotle s University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Macedonia Greece and 3Department of Anesthesiology . University Hospital of Thessaloniki Aristotle s University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Macedonia Greece Email TS Papavramidis - papavramidis@ K Sapalidis - kostassa@ D Pappas - plliakos@ G Karagianopoulou - papavramidou@ ATrikoupi - ikesis@ Ch Souleimanis - triantina@ ST Papavramidis - spapavra@ Corresponding author Published 12 October 2008 Received 4 June 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 325 doi 1752-1947-2-325 Accepted 12 October 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 325 2008 Papavramidis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Amebiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Entamoeba histolytica. It most commonly results in asymptomatic colonization of the gastrointestinal tract but some patients develop intestinal invasive or extra-intestinal diseases. Liver abscess is the most common extra-intestinal manifestation. The large number of clinical presentations of amebic liver abscess makes the diagnosis very challenging in non-endemic countries. Late diagnosis of the amebic .