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Year : 2004, Volume : 4, Issue : 1
First page : ( 37) Last page : ( 38)
Print ISSN : 0972-5687. Online ISSN : 0974-083X. Published online : 2004 June 1.

Cerebral Amoebic Abscess - an Autopsy Case Report

Bal Manjit S. Dr.1, Surinder Kanwal Dr.2, Bodal Vijay Kumar Dr.3

1Professor and Head, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Patiala

2Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Patiala

3Senior Medical Officer, Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Patiala

Abstract

Sometimes the pathologists come across some rare diagnoses. Amoebiasis usually involves intestines; extra-intestinal lesions are mostly in liver or some times in lungs. Brain is amongst the very rare sites of amoebic abscess. A case of a prisoner who died in hospital after an illness, diagnosed as amoebic cerebral abscess is being presented.

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Keywords

Amoebic, Cerebral abscess, Entamoeba histolytica.

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