Usually the result of direct extension from hepatic or colorectal disease, cutaneous amebiasis presents with serpiginous,
warty ulcers of the anogenital area called
amebomas. These ulcers may produce extensive tissue loss and predispose to
severe secondary bacterial infections. Less common presentations include infection by direct inoculation of the perineum
in dysenteric infants wearing diapers and on the penis following anal intercourse with an infected person.
