New Concepts of Hepatic Amoebiasis

Radiological changes in hepatic amoebiasis.

Radiological abnormalities were observed in 88-3% of patients with the syndrome of hepatic amoebiasis. While this figure is higher than those reported in previous studies, it appears that it is due to the large number of patients who showed an elevation of the diaphragm in the right lateral views ofthe chest. It was observed that a proportion of the patients with an elevation of the right dome ...

Evaluation of a new bicolored latex agglutination test for immunological diagnosis of hepatic amoebiasis.

A new bicolored latex agglutination amoeba test (BLA) for detection of antibodies against Entamoeba histolytica was evaluated for its practicability and diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. BLA is rapid (5 min) and simple to perform. It requires only 20 microliters of a 1/3-diluted serum, 17 microliters of reagent, and a glass slide. Reading of the test is easy because a positive result show...

New developments in the therapy of amoebiasis.

Progress report New developments in the therapy of amoebiasis Although frequently overlooked in practice, it has long been taught that for the adequate therapy of invasive amoebiasis treatment should be directed at all the sites where Entamoeba histolytica may be present. Hence the ideal amoebicide should be active within the bowel lumen, in the bowel wall, and systemically, particularly in the...

INSULINOMA NEW CONCEPTS IN MANAGEMENT

In this report, nine patients with insulinoma who were operated on between 19H5 and I <J<J3 at the Shohada Medical Center affiliated to the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran are presented. There were three males and six females (male to female ratio I :2) and the patients' age ranged from 23 to 60 years old (mean age 37.6 years old). Duration of symptoms was from thr...

Treatment of Amoebiasis