Amoeboma: Resurfacing of a vanishing illness

Abstract

Amoeboma is a rare manifestation of intestinal amoebiasis. More than 90% of patients with intestinal amoebiasis have a history of diarrhoea. This report describes the case of a 60-year-old patient who presented with a right iliac fossa (RIF) mass with normal bowel habits and was eventually diagnosed with an amoeboma. In developing countries, a traditional differential diagnosis for an RIF mass is an amoeboma, but its incidence is declining. Hence this treatable condition is often overlooked in the differential diagnosis of an RIF mass. This case report emphasises that amoeboma still exists and should be considered in a patient with an RIF mass. Figure wall Copyright 2014 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.