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Multiple Amoebic Abscesses with Erythema Nodosum

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Amoebiasis, a common parasitic infection in the tropics is most commonly associated with solitary liver abscess. Multiple hepatic, splenic and renal abscesses are a very rare presentation of extraintestinal amoebiasis in children. The authors report a 6-y-old girl who presented with a febrile illness, hepatosplenomegaly and erythema nodosum and was diagnosed to have multiple amoebic abscesses by imaging and aspiration cytology of a liver abscess. This is also the first case report of the association of erythema nodosum with extraintestinal amoebiasis in children.

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GS: reviewed the literature and drafted the initial manuscript, RL: management of the patient, revision of manuscript and will act as a guarantor for the paper, SR and NPK: involved in the management of the patient.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Lane, AIMS Ponekkara Post, Kochi, Kerala, India

    Gayathri Satish & L. Rajam

  2. Department of Pathology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Lane, AIMS Ponekkara Post, Kochi, Kerala, India

    Sukhmani Regi

  3. Department of Radiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Lane, AIMS Ponekkara Post, Kochi, Kerala, India

    P. K. Nazar

  4. Flat -2A, “Bhagyashree”, 61-A, Seethammal Road, Alwarpet, Chennai, 600018, Tamil Nadu, India

    Gayathri Satish

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Satish, G., Rajam, L., Regi, S. et al. Multiple Amoebic Abscesses with Erythema Nodosum. Indian J Pediatr 79, 532–534 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-011-0548-0

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