Abstract:Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is an uncommon entity, in which clinical presentation can be widely variable, from mild and nonspecific symptoms to an acute abdomen and gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastric involvement by <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> is rare, especially when it occurs without other recognized infectious foci – primary gastric tuberculosis – with only a few reported cases. Endoscopic findings can be very heterogeneous, from areas of hyperemia to pseudotumor lesions. We present a cas… Show more
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