Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3420120 | Revue de Pneumologie Clinique | 2009 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
During a mission in ex-Yugoslavia between 2001 and 2004, three French soldiers were sent home because of right pneumopathy, right pleurisy after appendicectomy, haemoptysis and liver haematoma, respectively. They previously were stationed in Africa and/or South America. The initial diagnosis was quickly modified: pleuropulmonary manifestations of amoebic hepatic abscess in two cases, and pleuropulmonary amoebiasis in the last case. The outcome was favourable with standard anti-amoebic treatment. The reports illustrate the possibility of hepatic amoebiasis with local pleuropulmonary manifestations and an exceptional case of pleuropulmonary amoebiasis with hepatobronchial fistula. The authors report this experience because it demonstrates that amoebiasis in European countries remains an often forgotten diagnosis. Although known for a long time in developing countries, amoebiasis in the military or in tourists should be systematically considered.
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Authors
A. Bonnichon, Ã. Henninot, A. Niang, F. Grassin, J.-M. Dot, P. Saint Blancard, J.-M. Debonne, P. L'Her, F. Vaylet, J. Margery,