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Abstract

Anchovy paste in the liver. The term "amibe" was given by Bery St. Vincent to the Proteus animalcule which has been described by earlier naturalists. The name was taken up in England but the term was referred to the original Greek derivation. It was given to a general group of animalcules which exhibit pseudopodia and was adopted as a generic name: amoeba, a change; thus a form of changing shape 5. Infection of the liver by Entamoeba histolytica is the most common extra-intestinal complication of amebiasis. The parasites (trophozoites) are carried to the liver by the portal vein. However, in more than half the patients there may be no evidence of amebic infection in the stool and no colonic lesions are present. Amebiasis occurs at all ages. The distribution is worldwide, but the disease is much more common in the tropics and subtropics, with a high incidence in India, tropical regions of Africa, Mexico and other countries of Central America and Amazonian Region 1 .