creators_name: Kaushik, M creators_name: Mahajan, S creators_name: Raina, R creators_name: Babu, S creators_name: Raghav, S creators_name: Sood, S creators_name: Guleria, R creators_id: madankaushik2002@yahoo.com editors_name: Kakkilaya, Srinivas editors_id: Kakkilaya BS type: journale datestamp: 2014-02-25 12:40:43 lastmod: 2014-02-25 12:40:43 metadata_visibility: show title: Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen ispublished: pub subjects: OJHAS full_text_status: public keywords: Entamoeba histolytica; Extraintestinal amebiasis; Splenic abscess; Trophozoites abstract: Amoebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of amoebiasis. Extrahepatic amoebic abscesses have occasionally been described in the lung, brain, and skin and presumably result from hematogenous spread. Isolated amoebic abscess of spleen has been reported scarcely in literature. We report here a case of isolated amoebic abscess of spleen. date: 2013-04-15 date_type: published publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences volume: 12 number: 1(5) publisher: Kakkilaya BS refereed: TRUE referencetext: 1. Stanley SL Jr. Amoebiasis. Lancet. 2003;361:1025–1034. 2. Haque R, Huston CD, Hughes M, et al. Amoebiasis. N Engl J Med. 2003; 348:1565-1573. 3. Lawford R, Sorrell TC. Amoebic abscess of the spleen complicated by metronidazole-induced neurotoxicity: case report. Clin Infect Dis. 1994;19:346–348. 4. Mujahid S, Ahmed A, Siddiqui MN. Amoebic splenic abscess. Trop Doct. 1993;23:136–138. 5. Misra SC, Kar P, Kulpati DD. Amoebic liver and splenic abscesses. Indian J Gastroenterol. 1989;8:204. 6. Juimo AG, Gervez F, Angwafo FF. Extraintestinal amebiasis. Radiology. 1992 Jan;182(1):181-183. 7. Ferraioli G, Brunetti E, Gulizia R, et al. Management of splenic abscess: report on 16 cases from a single center. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2009;13:524-530. citation: Kaushik, M and Mahajan, S and Raina, R and Babu, S and Raghav, S and Sood, S and Guleria, R (2013) Isolated Amoebic Abscess of Spleen. [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)] document_url: http://cogprints.org/9139/1/2013-1-5.pdf