ARTHRITIS DUE TO INTESTINAL AMEBIASIS
Authors: E M RAPPAPORT, A X ROSSIEN, L A ROSENBLUM
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Article1 May 1951ARTHRITIS DUE TO INTESTINAL AMEBIASISEMANUEL M. RAPPAPORT, M.D., A. X. ROSSIEN, M.D., LOUIS A. ROSENBLUM, M.D., F.A.C.P.EMANUEL M. RAPPAPORT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, A. X. ROSSIEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LOUIS A. ROSENBLUM, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-5-1224 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe increased incidence of amebiasis in this country since the war has served to focus attention upon the extra-intestinal manifestations of this disease. These may be classified in two categories:1. Symptoms due to hematogenous spread of the ameba.2. Toxic symptoms arising from the primary intestinal focus.In general the incidence of involvement of extra-intestinal organs is not directly related to the severity of the intestinal lesion. In fact, extra-intestinal symptoms frequently arise in the absence of intestinal symptoms. Furthermore, lesions in organs involved by the hematogenous route may flare up even following the cure of the primary intestinal...Bibliography1. Klatskin G: Amebiasis of the liver: classification, diagnosis and treatment, Ann. Int. Med. 25: 601, 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar2. FergusonAnderson LKRK: Amebic liver abscess in service personnel, Gastroenterology 8: 332-342, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. SpellbergZivin MAS: Amebiasis in veterans of World War II with special emphasis on extra-intestinal complications, Gastroenterology 10: 452-473, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Yonis Z: Amebic arthritis, Harefuah 24: 135, 1943. Google Scholar5. Perry MW: Non-dysenteric amebiasis: general considerations of possible relationship to rheumatoid arthritis, M. Ann. District of Columbia 16: 119-125, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. Steinbrocker O: Arthritis in modern practice, 1941, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, p. 16. Google Scholar7. Bassler A: The intestine and chronic arthritis, Am. J. M. Sc. 203: 698-708, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. BonninKay NJHB: Dysenteric arthritis: case reports and comments, M. J. Australia 2: 380-382, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication April 12, 1949. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byIntestinal Protozoan Infestation and Systemic IllnessIntestinal Protozoan Infestation and Systemic IllnessInflammatory Disorders of the Large IntestineAMOEBIASISCan We Diagnose Amoebiasis?The Arthritis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in ChildrenThe Epidemiology of AmoebiasisPain in the Extremities, Dysesthesia, PolyalgiaRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (ELEVENTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IIWILLIAM D. ROBINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLES RAGAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P., CHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Amebic Hepatitis Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin 1 May 1951Volume 34, Issue 5Page: 1224-1231KeywordsAmebiasisArthritisLesions ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...