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Table 1 The present case and 25 reported surgical cases of FAC [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29]

From: Lethal multiple colon necrosis and perforation due to fulminant amoebic colitis: a surgical case report and literature review

References

Age

Gender

Preoperative stool test

Preoperative serological test

Preoperative endoscopy

Preoperative diagnosis

Definitive diagnosis examination

Operative procedure

Usage of metronidazole

Outcome

Essenhigh [5]

56

M

No

No

No

Diverticular perforation

Postoperative pathological examination

Subtotal colectomy

No

Dead

Greenstein [6]

36

M

Yes

Yes

No

Amoebic colitis

Stool test, serological test

Ileostomy, colostomy

Yes

Alive

Babb [7]

55

F

No

No

No

Sepsis, acute abdomen

Postoperative pathological examination

Total colectomy

Yes

Alive

Park [8]

49

M

No

No

No

Diverticular perforation

Postoperative pathological examination

Subtotal colectomy

No

Dead

Rennert [9]

0

M

Yes

No

Yes

Necrotizing enterocolitis

Postoperative pathological examination

Resection of rectosigmoid

No

Dead

Shimada [10]

62

M

No

No

Yes

Perforating appendicitis with localized peritonitis → panperitonitis

Postoperative pathological examination

Total colectomy

Yes

Dead

Ishida [11]

48

M

No

No

Yes

Amoebic colitis

Biopsy

Total colectomy

Yes

Alive

Ng [12]

57

M

No

No

No

Obstructing right-sided colonic carcinoma, with liver metastases

Postoperative pathological examination

Right hemicolectomy

Yes

Alive

McGregor [13]

58

F

No

No

No

Bowel perforation

Postoperative pathological examination

Subtotal colectomy

Yes

Alive

Gupta [14]

68

M

No

No

No

Not listed

Postoperative pathological examination

Total colectomy

Yes

Dead

Hanaoka [15]

52

M

No

No

Yes

Amoebic colitis

Biopsy

Colostomy

Yes

Alive

Khan [16]

45

M

No

Yes

Yes

Amoebic colitis and liver abscess

Serological test

Right hemicolectomy

Yes

Alive

Koh [17]

58

M

No

No

Yes

Amoebic colitis

Biopsy

Total colectomy

Yes

Dead

Ishioka [18]

39

M

Yes

No

No

Bowel perforation

Postoperative pathological examination, postoperative serological test

Right hemicolectomy

Yes

Alive

Arora [19]

54

M

No

Yes

No

Amoebic colitis and liver abscess

Serological test

Not listed

Yes

Dead

Lee [20]

47

F

Yes

No

Yes

Intestinal vasculitis

Postoperative pathological examination

Total colectomy

Yes

Alive

Forteza [21]

33

F

No

No

No

Steroid induced colitis with cecal perforation

Postoperative pathological examination

Right hemicolectomy

Yes

Alive

Pirti [22]

62

M

No

No

No

Ileus

Postoperative pathological examination

Right hemicolectomy

Yes

Alive

Saha [23]

65

M

No

No

No

Perforative peritonitis in an obstructing right-sided colonic carcinoma

Postoperative pathological examination

Resection of cecal

Not listed

Not listed

Raj [24]

4

M

No

No

No

Bowel perforation

Postoperative biopsy

Ascending colostomy

Yes

Alive

Goto [25]

30

F

No

No

No

Bowel perforation

Postoperative pathological examination

Subtotal colectomy

Yes

Alive

Guzmán [26]

70

F

Yes

No

No

Amoebic colitis

Stool test

Total colectomy

Not listed

Dead

Chandnani [27]

39

M

Yes

Yes

Yes

Amoebic colitis

Serological test

Right hemicolectomy

Yes

Alive

Wingfield [28]

56

M

Yes

No

No

Severe pancolitis with perforations of the cecum and sigmoid colon

Postoperative pathological examination

Subtotal colectomy

Yes

Alive

Wang [29]

49

M

No

No

Yes

Bowel perforation

Postoperative pathological examination

Total colectomy

Not listed

Dead

Present case

64

M

No

No

No

Bowel perforation and intussusception of small intestine tumor

Postoperative pathological examination

Subtotal colectomy and enterectomy

No

Dead

  1. FAC fulminant amoebic colitis, M male, F female