GIARDIASIS DIAGNOSED BY BIOPSY OF THE COLON AND TERMINAL ILEUM UNUSUAL SITES FOR A COMMON PATHOGEN |
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| Authors: | Lydia H. Howard M.D. David S. Fink M.D. Jack Lubin M.D. Morton J. Robinson M.D. |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Gastrotnterology, Mount Sinai Medical Center and University of Miami School of Medicine Miami Beach Florida |
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| Abstract: | Giardiasis is a common intestinal intestinal infection which commonly presents with nonspecific symptoms. suspected cases are usually diagnosed by stool examination or duodenal aspirates on biopsies. The purpose of this case report is to alert physicians to the fact that the organism may be presint in colonic and ilealbiopsies when clinical symptoms prompt a clinician to perform colonic biopsies rather than the usual tests of stools and duodenal aspirates or biopsies. |
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