An unusual colonic tumor in a young man

Samlani-Sebbane, Z.; Diffaa, A.; Krati, K.

doi:10.1016/j.clinre.2010.12.013

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“…The ileocaecal area is the most frequently involved site (90% of cases) 1 2. The diagnosis can be extremely difficult to make since large bowel TB has no specific clinical symptoms, particularly in the absence of active pulmonary infection.…”

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Isolated caecal tuberculosis mimicking a neoplastic tumour in an immunocompetent woman

Chérif¹,

Hassine

Azzabi

et al. 2013

BMJ Case Reports

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Although tuberculosis is endemic in Tunisia, only a few cases of intestinal disease have been reported. This entity is usually associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. Any part of the gastrointestinal tract may be affected but usually with ileocaecal involvement. Diagnosis is extremely difficult because the clinical presentation is so variable. The disease frequently mimics other chronic inflammatory intra-abdominal diseases or even malignancy. We report a case of isolated colonic tuberculosis presenting as circumferential ulcerovegetative lesions in the caecal region.

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