Amoebic chronic appendicitis: a rare entity

Abstract

Rarely intestinal parasites can cause acute appendicitis. Amoebic appendicitis is rare and infection with Entamoeba Histolytica usually develops as an extension of caecal infection. I report a rare case of amoebic chronic appendicitis diagnosed on histopathology examination. It mimics the features of acute pappendicitis but may not always be responsible for acute appendicitis

Amebiasis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis: Case Report

“…A search of the literature revealed recent accounts of individual cases from countries as far apart as Japan, India, Egypt, and Kuwait [1][2][3][4]. Therefore, a Nigerian case is deemed to be worthy of documentation.…”