[Clinical Picture] An interesting pair of amoebic infections

A previously healthy 40-year-old woman with no history of foreign travel presented to the emergency department of the University College Hospital, in London, with right iliac fossa pain. Examination and ultrasound findings were consistent with a perforated appendix. During surgery, the appendicectomy was converted to a right hemicolectomy on discovery of a large inflammatory caecal mass with associated lymphadenopathy. Immediate postoperative recovery was uncomplicated, and histological examination showed an inflammatory caecal mass of unknown cause.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - December 21, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Gabriel Wallis, Lara Curran, Pasco Hearn, Philip Gothard Tags: Clinical Picture Source Type: research