Amoebic brain abscess

Amoebic brain abscess
Classification and external resources
Specialty	infectious disease
ICD-10	A06.6
ICD-9-CM	006.5

An Amoebic brain abscess is a brain abscess caused by amoebas. Symptoms that accompany this abscess are collections of immune cells, and large groupings of pus that gather in the brain.^[1]

This very rare case has only been reported and examined on 216 known occurrences, dating back to 1849. Diagnosis for this abscess entails numerous medical tests and studies.

It can be caused by Entamoeba histolytica.^[2]

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis and Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis can also invade the brain.

References

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↑ Shah AA, Shaikh H, Karim M (February 1994). "Amoebic brain abscess: a rare but serious complication of Entamoeba histolytica infection". J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. 57 (2): 240–1. doi:10.1136/jnnp.57.2.240-a. PMC 1072466. PMID 8126521.

Amoebozoal diseases (A06, 006)

Lobosea
(free-living)

Centramoebida	Acanthamoeba (Acanthamoeba keratitis, Cutaneous acanthamoebiasis, Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis, Acanthamoeba infection) Balamuthia mandrillaris (Balamuthia amoebic encephalitis, Balamuthia infection)

Flabellinea	Sappinia diploidea/Sappinia pedata (Sappinia amoebic encephalitis)

Conosa/Archamoebae

Pathology of the nervous system, primarily CNS (G04–G47, 323–349)

Inflammation

Brain	Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic

Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis Demyelinating disease Transverse myelitis Tropical spastic paraparesis Epidural abscess

Both/either	Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated Myalgic Meningoencephalitis

Brain/
encephalopathy

Degenerative

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease Parkinsonism PD Postencephalitic NMS PKAN Tauopathy PSP Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus HD OA Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm Athetosis Chorea Choreoathetosis Myoclonus Myoclonic epilepsy Akathisia Tremor Essential tremor Intention tremor Restless legs Stiff person

Dementia	Tauopathy Alzheimer's Early-onset Primary progressive aphasia Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Pick's Dementia with Lewy bodies Posterior cortical atrophy Vascular dementia

Mitochondrial disease	Leigh disease

Demyelinating

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal Generalised Status epilepticus Myoclonic epilepsy

Headache	Migraine Familial hemiplegic Cluster Tension

Cerebrovascular	TIA Amaurosis fugax Transient global amnesia Acute aphasia Stroke MCA ACA PCA Foville's Millard–Gubler Lateral medullary Weber's Lacunar stroke

Sleep disorders	Insomnia Hypersomnia Sleep apnea Obstructive Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Narcolepsy Cataplexy Kleine–Levin Circadian rhythm sleep disorder Advanced sleep phase disorder Delayed sleep phase disorder Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder Jet lag

CSF

Other

Spinal cord/
myelopathy

Both/either

Degenerative

SA	Friedreich's ataxia Ataxia telangiectasia

MND	UMN only: Primary lateral sclerosis Pseudobulbar palsy Hereditary spastic paraplegia LMN only: Distal hereditary motor neuronopathies Spinal muscular atrophies SMA SMAX1 SMAX2 DSMA1 Congenital DSMA SMA-PCH SMA-LED SMA-PME Progressive muscular atrophy Progressive bulbar palsy Fazio–Londe Infantile progressive bulbar palsy both: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Amoebic brain abscess

See also

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