TY - JOUR AU - Humayun, Mohammad AU - Badshah, Aliena AU - Khan, Imran AU - Haider, Iqbal AU - Ahmad, Shahzad PY - 2013/06/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - CHRONIC CAECAL AMEBIASIS MIMICKING FEATURES SUGGESTIVE OF ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS AND CROHN’S DISEASE: A CASE REPORT JF - KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL JA - Khyber Med Univ J VL - 5 IS - 2 SE - Case Report DO - UR - https://www.kmuj.kmu.edu.pk/article/view/11015 SP - 103-105 AB - <p>A 35 year old man presented with fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea andrecurrent oral ulceration for 2 years. Based on examination and investigations,initial diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis (TB) was made, butthere was no response to anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) which leadsto search for other close differentials. Biopsy of right hemicolectomyspecimen raised strong suspicion of chronic caecal amebiasis. Patientwas started on amoebicidal medication for 3 weeks. He stayed symptomfree on follow up after 3 weeks with healing of the perianal abscess andmarked improvement in oral ulcers.</p> ER -