A Case of Sigmoid Colon Tuberculosis Mimicking Colon Cancer.
10.3393/jksc.2012.28.5.275
- Author:
Seong Min YU
1
;
Jong Hwan PARK
;
Min Dae KIM
;
Hee Ryong LEE
;
Peel JUNG
;
Tae Hyun RYU
;
Seung Ho CHOI
;
Il Seon LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Bongseng Memorial Hospital, Busan, Korea. drjohn21@daum.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal;
Sigmoid colon;
Colonic neoplasms
- MeSH:
Aged, 80 and over;
Biopsy;
Colon;
Colon, Ascending;
Colon, Sigmoid;
Colon, Transverse;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Colonoscopy;
Duodenum;
Enteritis;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Stomach;
Tuberculosis;
Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology
2012;28(5):275-277
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Tuberculosis of the sigmoid colon is a rare disorder. An 80-year-old man visited Bongseng Memorial Hospital for medical examination. A colonoscopy was performed, and a lesion in the sigmoid colon that was suspected to be colon cancer was found. A biopsy was performed, and tuberculous enteritis with chronic granulomatous inflammation was diagnosed. Intestinal tuberculosis is most frequent in the ileocecal area, followed by the ascending colon, transverse colon, duodenum, stomach, and sigmoid colon, in descending order. Hence, we report a case of intestinal tuberculosis in the sigmoid colon, which is rare and almost indistinguishable from colon cancer.
