Intestinal tuberculosis with small bowel stricture and hemorrhage as the predominant manifestation: Three case reports
Gang Huang,
Kang-Kang Wu,
Xiao-Na Li
et al.
Abstract:BACKGROUND
Intestinal tuberculosis is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the ileum and cecum. Small bowel tuberculosis, characterized by predominant involvement of the small intestine, is an extremely rare condition with highly atypical clinical presentations, making diagnosis even more challenging.
CASE SUMMARY
We report three cases of small intestinal tuberculosis, two of the patients presented primarily with abdominal pain, and one prese… Show more
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