Intestinal tuberculosis causing a severe gastrointestinal bleeding. Report of one caseWe report a 27 years old woman presenting with hematochezia. An upper endoscopy and colonoscopy did not reveal the bleeding site. Due to persistence of bleeding, the patient was operated, fi nding a fi brinous secretion surrounding bowel loops and a hyper vascularized concentric papular lesion. The involved bowel loop was excised. The pathological study of the surgical piece revealed intestinal tuberculosis. The patient started treatment for extra pulmonary tuberculosis.
ResumenReportamos el caso de una paciente de 27 años con tuberculosis extrapulmonar gastrointestinal que se manifestó clínicamente como una hemorragia digestiva baja masiva exanguinante requiriendo cirugía de urgencia, donde se realizó laparotomía exploradora con entero y colonoscopia intraoperatoria localizando lesión a nivel de intestino delgado, resecando segmento comprometido con anastomosis primaria, evolución satisfactoria sin complicaciones postoperatorias.Palabras clave: Tuberculosis intestinal, hemorragia digestiva, enteroscopia intraoperatoria.
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