Amoebic brain abscess

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Amoebic brain abscess
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	A 06.5
ICD-9	006.5

An Amoebic brain abscess is a brain abscess caused by amoebas.

It can be caused by Entamoeba histolytica.^[1]

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

References [edit]

^ 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.

Infectious diseases – Parasitic disease: protozoan infection: Amoebozoa 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

Entamoeba histolytica (Entamoebiasis, Amoebic dysentery, Amoebic liver abscess, Cutaneous entamoebiasis, Amoebic brain abscess, Amebiasis cutis)
Entamoeba gingivalis

ambz, excv, chrm (strc)

ambz, excv, chrm

ambz, excv, chrm

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

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

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

Both/either	Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated Meningoencephalitis

Brain/
encephalopathy

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 Akathesia 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 Multi-infarct dementia

Mitochondrial disease	Leigh's disease

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 Ondine's curse Narcolepsy Cataplexy Kleine-Levin Circadian rhythm sleep disorder Advanced sleep phase disorder Delayed sleep phase disorder Non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder Jet lag

Other

Spinal cord/
myelopathy

Both/either

SA	Friedreich's ataxia Ataxia telangiectasia

MND	UMN only: PLS PP HSP LMN only: Distal hereditary motor neuropathies Spinal muscular atrophies SMA SMAX1 SMAX2 DSMA1 SMA-PCH SMA-LED PMA PBP Fazio–Londe Infantile progressive bulbar palsy both: ALS

anat (n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco (m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

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