Primary Gastric Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: The Truth Lying beneath the Surface

Primary Gastric Tuberculosis in an Immunocompetent Patient: The Truth Lying beneath the Surface

Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is an uncommon entity, in which clinical presentation can be widely variable, from mild and nonspecific symptoms to an acute abdomen and gastrointestinal bleeding. Gastric involvement by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is rare, especially when it occurs without other recogni...

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Main Authors: Fábio Pereira Correia, Luísa Martins Figueiredo, Luís Carvalho Lourenço, Sofia Santos, Rita Theias Manso, David Horta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2023-07-01
Series:GE: Portuguese Journal of Gastroenterology
Subjects:
bite-on-bite biopsies
mycobacterium tuberculosis
gastric tuberculosis
Online Access:https://beta.karger.com/Article/FullText/531380

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