A Case of Intestinal Tuberculosis Presenting a Tumor-like Mass.
- Author:
Joon Soo HAHM
1
;
Choon Suhk KEE
;
Kyung Nam PARK
;
Min Ho LEE
;
Byung Chul YOON
;
Ho Soon CHOI
;
Dong Soo HAN
;
Oh Young LEE
;
Joo Hyun SOHN
;
Jin Bae KIM
;
Yong Cheol GEON
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Intestinal tuberculosis;
Ulcerofungating mass;
Colonoscopy
- MeSH:
Adult;
Biopsy;
Coinfection;
Colon, Ascending;
Colonoscopy;
Deglutition;
Diagnosis;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Sputum;
Tuberculosis*;
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1997;17(4):569-573
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intestinal tuberculosis is a secondary infection from swallowing of infected sputum of pulmonary tuberculosis patient. The diagnosis is usually difficult there are no specific radiological signs and false negatives are often found in biopsy material obtained by colonoscopy since the process is mainly submucous. A lesion which is visualized on colonoscopic examination is rather confusing in that one will find a firm tumor mass occupying the lumen of the bowel which is most suggestive of carcinoma. We experienced a case of intestinal tuberculosis presenting a ulcerofungating mass occupying the lumen of the ascending colon, confirmed by colonoscopc biopsy in a 36-year-old man. He received anti-tuberculosis medication far 18months. The mass initially found totally disappeared as shown by a follow-up colonoscopy.
