Journal Basic Info
- Impact Factor: 1.995**
- H-Index: 8
- ISSN: 2474-1647
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647
Major Scope
- General Surgery
- Obstetrics Surgery
- Emergency Surgery
- Endocrine Surgery
- Ophthalmic Surgery
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
- Neurological Surgery
Abstract
Citation: Clin Surg. 2020;5(1):3011.Case Report | Open Access
Intestinal Ameboma in an Elderly Patient as a Rare Cause of Appendicitis
Edgar Gonzalez-Gutierrez*, Adriana Zamudio-Martinez, Angel Ivan Tirado-Peraza, Alejandro Mayagoitia-Ponce, Leonardo Israel Ruiz-Guerrero, Jose Alonso-Cerino and Venustiano Llamas-Avelar
Department of General Surgery, Hospital General de Occidente, Mexico
*Correspondance to: Edgar Gonzalez-Gutierrez
PDF Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.3011
Abstract
We report a case of acute abdomen in an elderly patient that was admitted with the presumptive diagnosis of cecum neoplasm versus complicated acute appendicitis. In the histologic examination, after right hemicolectomy, we made the diagnosis of complicated amoebic appendicitis. In this case report we present the classic clinical manifestations and histopathologic findings of this rare presentation of amoebic infection.
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Gonzalez-Gutierrez E, ZamudioMartinez A, Tirado-Peraza AI, Mayagoitia-Ponce A, Ruiz-Guerrero LI, Alonso-Cerino J, et al. Intestinal Ameboma in an Elderly Patient as a Rare Cause of Appendicitis. Clin Surg. 2020; 5: 3011..
