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Case Report

An Unusual Cause of Unilateral Hydronephrosis: Invasive Colonic Amebiasis

Okay PirtiDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Erdem KoçakDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Osman GülerDepartment of General Surgery, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Gülay KoçakDepartment of Nephrology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Canan AltunkayaDepartment of Pathology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Muzaffer ÇaydereDepartment of Pathology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Seyfettin KöklüDepartment of Gastroenterology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Pages 798-800 | Received 15 Jan 2012, Accepted 04 Mar 2012, Published online: 10 Apr 2012

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