A Case of Tuberculosis of the Duodenum.
- Author:
Byung Seok LEE
1
;
Seok Hyun KIM
;
Seung Min LEE
;
Kyung Tae LEE
;
Kwang Sik SEO
;
Jin Hee KIM
;
Nam Jae KIM
;
Hyun Yong JEONG
;
Heon Young LEE
Author Information
1. Depatrment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Taejeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Duodenal tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Drug Therapy;
Duodenum*;
Tuberculosis*
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1998;18(2):257-261
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The rate of tuberculosis has been significantly decreased due to development of effective antituberculosis chemotherapy. Tuberculosis of the duodenum is very rare and diagnosis is very difficult because of nonspecific symptoms and nonspecific duodenal lesions. A case of duodenal tuberculosis which was clinically diagnosed as malignancy of the duodenum was discovered. The diagnosis was confirmed by a subsequent operation and administration of antituberculous chemotherapy resulted in a positive response. Consequently, the following is a report on this case, review of related literature.
