Amebic Granuloma

Abstract

REPORTS of cases of amebic granuloma are rare in the North American literature, and no complete review has been published in journals of the United States. At this hospital, in the last five years, we have seen 4 cases among 214 patients with amebic colitis. It is probable that the lesion is not a rare complication of amebiasis, and since the incidence of amebiasis in the United States has been found to be 1.7 to 25.9 per cent,1 according to the area surveyed, there must be many cases that are not recognized. When these patients are adequately treated with antiamebic . . .