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Amebic colonic stricture: An unusual presentation

Author(s) -

VaibhavKumar Varshney,

SubhashChandra Soni,

Taruna Yadav,

Ashok Puranik,

Poonam Elhence

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

tropical parasitology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.418

H-Index - 11

eISSN - 2229-7758

pISSN - 2229-5070

DOI - 10.4103/tp.tp_40_18

Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , malignancy , entamoeba histolytica , presentation (obstetrics) , colitis , abscess , transverse colon , gastroenterology , general surgery , surgery , immunology , materials science , punching , metallurgy

Entamoeba histolytica infection can lead to colitis, peri-colic abscess, ameboma, perforation and rarely colonic stricture. Amebic colitis is usually managed with medical management and rarely needs surgical management. We hereby report a case of colonic amebiasis, presenting as a stricture in transverse colon, mimicking malignancy, and managed successfully.

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