Diffuse perforated necrotising amoebic colitis with histoplasmosis in an immunocompetent individual presenting as an acute abdomen

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Jun 27:2013:bcr2013009059. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009059.

Abstract

Perforated necrotising amoebic colitis associated with intestinal histoplasmosis has rarely been reported in an immunocompetent individual. Radiology and preoperative features are non-specific and requires histopathological examination for a definitive diagnosis. Hence, this condition needs to be considered in the differential diagnosis of complicated infective colitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen, Acute / etiology*
  • Colonic Diseases / complications
  • Colonic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Dysentery, Amebic / complications
  • Dysentery, Amebic / diagnosis*
  • Dysentery, Amebic / parasitology
  • Entamoeba histolytica / isolation & purification
  • Entamoebiasis / complications
  • Entamoebiasis / diagnosis*
  • Entamoebiasis / parasitology
  • Histoplasmosis / complications
  • Histoplasmosis / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis*
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged