Ramanathan B, Ramachandran V, Rana A, McDonald C. A Case Study: Incidental Finding of Human Intestinal Spirochetosis in Screening Colonoscopy.
Cureus 2024;
16:e55422. [PMID:
38567235 PMCID:
PMC10985559 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.55422]
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Abstract
Human intestinal spirochetosis (HIS) is a rare occurrence. We present an interesting case study on an asymptomatic over-60-year-old male who was incidentally discovered to have HIS following a colonoscopy that was conducted for his positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT). Histopathology of the colonic biopsy proved the presence of human intestinal spirochetosis; however, as he was asymptomatic, treatment was not initiated in his case. We discuss here the prevalence, presentation, diagnostic methods, and treatment of colonic HIS.
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