A Case Report of Primary Duodenal Tuberculosis Mimicking a Malignant Tumor.

Author: Ji Hye JUNG ¹ ; Seong Hwan KIM ; Min Jeong KIM ; Young Kwan CHO ; Sang Bong AHN ; Byoung Kwan SON ; Yun Ju JO ; Young Sook PARK
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1. Department of Internal Medicine, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. shkim@eulji.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Primary duodenal tuberculosis; 18F-FDG PET/CT; QuantiFERON-TB GOLD
MeSH: Communicable Diseases; Humans; Korea; Male; Tuberculosis*
From:Clinical Endoscopy 2014;47(4):346-349
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Tuberculosis remains a serious infectious disease with primary features of pulmonary manifestation in Korea. However, duodenal tuberculosis is rare in gastrointestinal cases of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Here, we report a case of primary duodenal tuberculosis mistaken as a malignant tumor and diagnosed with QuantiFERON-TB GOLD (Cellestis Ltd.) in an immunocompetent male patient.