Open AccessAcute Amoebic Appendicitis: Case Reports and Review of Parasitic Appendicitis
Author(s) -
Moustafa Abdelaal Hegazi,
Tabarek Ahmed Patel
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the pediatric infectious diseases society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2048-7207
pISSN - 2048-7193
DOI - 10.1093/jpids/pis082
Subject(s) - medicine , appendicitis , acute appendicitis , general surgery , appendix , paleontology , biology
Amoebic appendicitis is very rare, occurring in about 0.5% to 2% of acute appendicitis, and usually not reported in children. We report a case of confirmed acute amoebic appendicitis complicating amoebic colitis in a 7-year-old Pakistani boy living in southern Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and briefly review the literature on parasitic appendicitis.
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