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Volume 6, Issue 8(Suppl) J Gastrointest Dig Syst 2016
ISSN:2161-069X JGDS, an open access journal
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Digestive Diseases 2016
December 08-09, 2016
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Digestive Diseases
December 08-09, 2016 Dubai, UAE
International Conference on
Eosinophilic colitis: Think out of the box - A case report
Khalifa Almulhim and Mariam AlQurashi
King Fahd University Hospital, KSA
Case Report: 19 years old male was presented with symptoms and signs mimicking abdominal TB. His workup showed marked
Eosinophilia and an inflammatory mass in the right side of the colon. Pathology obtained by colonoscopy confirmed active
eosinophilic colitis and treated accordingly by gastroenterologist. Nevertheless, his condition worsened in the form of intestinal
obstruction. Radiologic investigations showed obstructed cecal lesion with apple core appearance and right hemicolectomy was
performed. Final result has been proved to be gastro-intestinal basidiobolomycosis.
Biography
Khalifa Almulhim has completed his PhD from College of Medicine in King Faisal University, Dammam. He has completed Saudi board in General Surgery in 2005 and
obtained Saudi Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery. He is working as a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon. He is the Member of Review Board in Oman Medical Journal and also
Member of the Saudi Colorectal Surgery Society.
Khalifa Almulhim et al., J Gastrointest Dig Syst 2016, 6:8(Suppl)