A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis.
- Author:
Hee Bong PARK
;
Keun Wook BAIK
;
Hwa Joong YIM
;
Woong Ki CHANG
;
Dong Joon KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Gastric tuberculosis
- MeSH:
Biopsy;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Rare Diseases;
Tuberculosis*
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1993;13(4):689-692
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gastric tuberculosis is a rare disease and the diagnoeis of gastric tuberculosis is based on either positive histological or bacteriological study. We experienced a case of gastric tuberculosis with pleural effuaion in 59 year-old woman, diagnosed by the histological study of the endoscopic biopsy specimen. Follow up endoscopic finding revealed marked improvement of gastric lesion after anti-tubercadoua medication. We reported the case with review of literature.
