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1 From the Department of Radiology, University of california School of Medicine and the San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
Examples are shown of amebiasis in which unusual roentgen features resemble
[See figure in the pdf file]
those of other diseases of the bowel. Ame biasis should be strongly considered in the differential diagnosis when roentgen examination has demonstrated any of the following: (a) ulceration of the colon, regardless of cecal involvement; (b) contracted cecum, regardless of normal or abnormal terminal ileum; and (c) multiple tumors or multiple constricted areas in the colon, regardless of normal or abnormal cecum.
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