Vaginal Amebiasis Mimicking Cervical Cancer
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A 46-year-old woman presented with lower abdominal pain, diarrhea and irregular vaginal bleeding persisting for the past 2 months. She had a history of cervical cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiotherapy 6 years previously, which was successful. Magnetic resonance imaging with T2-weighted and diffusion images showed a high intensity area in the cervix, suggestive of recurrent cervical cancer (Picture 1). However, a biopsy specimen of the cervix was compatible for amebiasis on hematoxylin/eosin and periodic acid-Schiff staining (Picture 2). A stool specimen demonstrated an ameba trophozoite, which was later confirmed to be Entamoeba histolytica. Blood tests were nega-
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