A Case of Pyloric Obstruction Due to Gastric Tuberculosis.
- Author:
Young Soo KIM
;
Yong Woon SHIN
;
Jin Woo LEE
;
Dong Seob JANG
;
Tai Hoon MOON
;
Kee San SONG
;
Seok JUNG
;
Young Up CHO
;
Young Chai CHU
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gastric Tuberculosis;
Pyloric stenosis
- MeSH:
Female;
Gastrectomy;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Lung;
Necrosis;
Peptic Ulcer;
Pyloric Stenosis;
Pylorus;
Rare Diseases;
Tuberculosis*;
Vomiting;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
1995;15(3):515-521
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gastric tuberculosis is a rare disease. It usually occurs secondarily to another lesions and mainly in the lungs. Only a few cases of primary gastric tuberculosis have been reported in the literature. Most commonly, gastric tuberculosis lesion locates in the lesser curvature side of the antrum. Therefore the clinical picture is similar to the peptic ulcer. A 24-year-old women visited to the Inha university hospital complaining of vomiting and epigastric discomfort. Gastrofiberscopy showed multiple polypoid mass around the pylorus with stenotic pyloric channel. Subtotal gastrectomy was performed and histologic examination revealed chronic granulomatous inflammation with caseation necrosis. That is compatible with tuberculosis. The patient was taken antituberculosis medication without complication. So we report the case of pyloric obstruction due to gastric tuberculosis with review of the literature.
