Prognosis

Amoebic colitis

Mortality rate is less than 2%.

Complications include toxic megacolon, colonic perforation with resultant peritonitis, and amoeboma (granulation tissue in the intestinal lumen).[1][2][5]

Liver abscess

Mortality rate is less than 2%.

Complications include extension of the abscess into peritoneum, pleural cavity, or pericardium, and haematogenous dissemination to the brain, lung, and skin.[1][2][5]​​[3]​​

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