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Amoebiasis with multiple colonic perforations and ruptured liver abscess - a case report

Manukaran MN 1 , Ahmad H 2 , Abdullah I 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Mohd. Noor Manukaran, MD, Department of Surgery. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Haron Ahmad, MD, Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Ismail Abdullah, FRCS (Ed). Department of Surgery, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1983 Mar;38(1):71-3.
PMID: 6633343

Abstract

A case of amoebiasis with colonic perforation and ruptured liver abscess is reported. It is rare for both these complications to occur in the same patient. The management is described and the literature reviewed

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