Multiple amoebic abscesses with erythema nodosum

Indian J Pediatr. 2012 Apr;79(4):532-4. doi: 10.1007/s12098-011-0548-0. Epub 2011 Aug 10.

Abstract

Amoebiasis, a common parasitic infection in the tropics is most commonly associated with solitary liver abscess. Multiple hepatic, splenic and renal abscesses are a very rare presentation of extraintestinal amoebiasis in children. The authors report a 6-y-old girl who presented with a febrile illness, hepatosplenomegaly and erythema nodosum and was diagnosed to have multiple amoebic abscesses by imaging and aspiration cytology of a liver abscess. This is also the first case report of the association of erythema nodosum with extraintestinal amoebiasis in children.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Child
  • Developing Countries*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Entamoeba histolytica*
  • Entamoebiasis / diagnosis*
  • Erythema Nodosum / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • India
  • Liver Abscess, Amebic / diagnosis*
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography