Date of Presentation:5/4/2016

Attending pathologist: Adrian Suarez, M.D.

Presented by: Keluo Yao, MD; Nguyen Vo, MD

Prepared by: Tanya Shah, Med3

Organ:Liver

HISTORY:

42 year old Indian male with no significant PMH presents with fever, chills, and body aches. Imaging findings are shown. An FNA is performed.

CT scan possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue
Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue
Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue
Microscopic image possibly detecting cancerous areas in human tissue

What is the microbe responsible for the abscess?

  1. Entamoeba hartmanni
  2. Iodamoeba butschlii
  3. Entamoeba histolytica
  4. Blastocystis hominis
Entamoeba histolytica

CASE SUMMARY