Amoebic colitis represents a common parasitic infection in developing countries. In western world, it is encountered only sporadically. The clinical presentation is usually non-specific, non-invasive laboratory tests are often false negative and endoscopic and histopathological appearance may mimic other illnesses, especially Crohns disease. The disease therefore harbours a huge risk of misdiagnosing and a proper diagnosis is usually challenging. We present a case of an amoebic colitis with Crohn-like features and negative parasitological testing in a 53-years-old woman, in which the final diagnosis was established on the basis of its histopathological examination.

• Klíčová slova
• Colitis, Crohn’s disease, Entamoeba histolytica, histopathology,
• MeSH
• amébová dyzenterie * komplikace   diagnóza   patologie   MeSH
• Crohnova nemoc * komplikace   diagnóza   patologie   MeSH
• diferenciální diagnóza MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• kazuistiky MeSH