Table 1.

The present case and 25 reported surgical cases of FAC [5–29]

References	Age	Gender	Preoperative stool test	Preoperative serological test	Preoperative endoscopy	Preoperative diagnosis	Definitive diagnosis examination	Operative procedure	Usage of metronidazole	Outcome
Essenhigh [5]	56	M	No	No	No	Diverticular perforation	Postoperative pathological examination	Subtotal colectomy	No	Dead
Greenstein [6]	36	M	Yes	Yes	No	Amoebic colitis	Stool test, serological test	Ileostomy, colostomy	Yes	Alive
Babb [7]	55	F	No	No	No	Sepsis, acute abdomen	Postoperative pathological examination	Total colectomy	Yes	Alive
Park [8]	49	M	No	No	No	Diverticular perforation	Postoperative pathological examination	Subtotal colectomy	No	Dead
Rennert [9]	0	M	Yes	No	Yes	Necrotizing enterocolitis	Postoperative pathological examination	Resection of rectosigmoid	No	Dead
Shimada [10]	62	M	No	No	Yes	Perforating appendicitis with localized peritonitis → panperitonitis	Postoperative pathological examination	Total colectomy	Yes	Dead
Ishida [11]	48	M	No	No	Yes	Amoebic colitis	Biopsy	Total colectomy	Yes	Alive
Ng [12]	57	M	No	No	No	Obstructing right-sided colonic carcinoma, with liver metastases	Postoperative pathological examination	Right hemicolectomy	Yes	Alive
McGregor [13]	58	F	No	No	No	Bowel perforation	Postoperative pathological examination	Subtotal colectomy	Yes	Alive
Gupta [14]	68	M	No	No	No	Not listed	Postoperative pathological examination	Total colectomy	Yes	Dead
Hanaoka [15]	52	M	No	No	Yes	Amoebic colitis	Biopsy	Colostomy	Yes	Alive
Khan [16]	45	M	No	Yes	Yes	Amoebic colitis and liver abscess	Serological test	Right hemicolectomy	Yes	Alive
Koh [17]	58	M	No	No	Yes	Amoebic colitis	Biopsy	Total colectomy	Yes	Dead
Ishioka [18]	39	M	Yes	No	No	Bowel perforation	Postoperative pathological examination, postoperative serological test	Right hemicolectomy	Yes	Alive
Arora [19]	54	M	No	Yes	No	Amoebic colitis and liver abscess	Serological test	Not listed	Yes	Dead
Lee [20]	47	F	Yes	No	Yes	Intestinal vasculitis	Postoperative pathological examination	Total colectomy	Yes	Alive
Forteza [21]	33	F	No	No	No	Steroid induced colitis with cecal perforation	Postoperative pathological examination	Right hemicolectomy	Yes	Alive
Pirti [22]	62	M	No	No	No	Ileus	Postoperative pathological examination	Right hemicolectomy	Yes	Alive
Saha [23]	65	M	No	No	No	Perforative peritonitis in an obstructing right-sided colonic carcinoma	Postoperative pathological examination	Resection of cecal	Not listed	Not listed
Raj [24]	4	M	No	No	No	Bowel perforation	Postoperative　biopsy	Ascending colostomy	Yes	Alive
Goto [25]	30	F	No	No	No	Bowel perforation	Postoperative pathological examination	Subtotal colectomy	Yes	Alive
Guzmán [26]	70	F	Yes	No	No	Amoebic colitis	Stool test	Total colectomy	Not listed	Dead
Chandnani [27]	39	M	Yes	Yes	Yes	Amoebic colitis	Serological test	Right hemicolectomy	Yes	Alive
Wingfield [28]	56	M	Yes	No	No	Severe pancolitis with perforations of the cecum and sigmoid colon	Postoperative pathological examination	Subtotal colectomy	Yes	Alive
Wang [29]	49	M	No	No	Yes	Bowel perforation	Postoperative pathological examination	Total colectomy	Not listed	Dead
Present case	64	M	No	No	No	Bowel perforation and intussusception of small intestine tumor	Postoperative pathological examination	Subtotal colectomy and enterectomy	No	Dead

FAC fulminant amoebic colitis, M male, F female