New Concepts of Hepatic Amoebiasis

Balasegaram, Manica

doi:10.1097/00000658-197204000-00011

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“…T h e f r e q u e n c y a m o n g s t Malaysians of amoebiasis and treatment of the main surgical complication, liver abscess, has been documented (Desowitz et alii, 1961;Balasegaram, 1972). Of less frequent occurrence is the amoebic granuloma; this lesion simulates carcinoma in clinical presentation, b u t responds dramatically to antiamoebic chemotherapy.…”

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Inflammatory Diseases of the Bowel: A Malaysian Experience1

1979

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

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A 10‐year experience in the diagnosis and treatment of 92 patients with inflammatory bowel diseases in Kuala Lumpur is described. Tuberculosis (34 cases) was the most common inflammatory bowel disease of surgical importance. The clinical presentation of tuberculous enteritis and Crohn's disease is similar, though tuberculosis is strongly suggested by associated pulmonary disease and radiological evidence of caecal involvement. The finding of 10 cases each of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis is in keeping with an increased awareness of these conditions in a developing urban society where facilities exist for thorough investigation of diarrhoeal diseases. Amoebiasis sometimes causes a granulomatous lesion simulating carcinoma. Diverticular disease of the colon as known in the West is of very rare occurrence.

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Inflammatory Diseases of the Bowel: A Malaysian Experience1

1979

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

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“…By the mid-1980s, Professor Balasegaram had already published widely on his experience in liver abscesses (1, 3). Dr Mark Ravitch, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Current Problems in Surgery wrote in his forward to Professor Balasegaram’s treatise on liver abscess (1) that “Professor Balasegaram, as his monograph shows, has extraordinary experience with abscesses of the liver, both pyogenic and amebic.…”

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The 2017 M Balasegaram Memorial Lecture: The Changing Landscape of Liver Diseases in Malaysia—60 Years On!

Goh

2019

MJMS

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The landscape of liver diseases in Malaysia has changed dramatically since the time of Professor Balasegaram Manickavasagar—an eminent surgeon in the 1960s. The most significant discoveries in hepatology have been that of hepatitis B virus in 1963 and hepatitis C virus in 1989, which have both been shown to be predominantly blood borne diseases. Hepatitis B and C infections result in long term carrier state and a high propensity to develop liver cirrhosis and cancer. Hepatitis B is the most common cause of liver cirrhosis and cancer in Malaysia. Blood bank screening and public health preventive measures have reduced the disease burden significantly and an effective vaccination for hepatitis B is now incorporated in our National Immunisation Programme. Although no vaccine is available for hepatitis C, highly effective eradication therapies were introduced in 2011. These agents will significantly change the disease scenario across the world. A “new” disease was described in 1980, by Ludwig et al.—non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFLD) disease. With the global epidemic of obesity and diabetes mellitus, NAFLD is set to increase exponentially across the world including in Malaysia. It will be the most important liver disease in the future, replacing hepatitis B and C infections.

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Die Nativdiagnostik der Lebererkrankungen im Röntgenbild

Rupp¹

1976

Handbuch Der Medizinischen Radiologie / Encyclopedia of Medical Radiology

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New Concepts of Hepatic Amoebiasis

Cited by 13 publications

References 8 publications

Inflammatory Diseases of the Bowel: A Malaysian Experience1

Inflammatory Diseases of the Bowel: A Malaysian Experience1

The 2017 M Balasegaram Memorial Lecture: The Changing Landscape of Liver Diseases in Malaysia—60 Years On!

Die Nativdiagnostik der Lebererkrankungen im Röntgenbild

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