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Case Reports
. 2010 Nov 9;182(16):1758.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.091926. Epub 2010 Jun 28.

Entamoeba histolytica liver abscess

Dianne Fang  1 , David Shu
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Case Reports

Entamoeba histolytica liver abscess

Dianne Fang et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1
A computed tomography scan showing a multi-septated abscess (arrow) in the liver of a 39-year-old woman with Entamoeba histolytica infection.
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