Colonic tuberculosis: a case report
Aim: Colonic tuberculosis is rare. It accounts for 2–3% of abdominal tuberculosis. Clinical, radiological and endoscopic features are nonspecific. The diagnosis must be considered in front of chronic abdominal pain, vesperal fever and weight loss with on colonoscopy the presence of nodules or ulcers...
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| author | Ghada Gharbi Moufida Mahmoudi Manel Yakoubi Asma Ben Mohamed Amal Khsiba Mohamed Karim M'Farrej Mahdi Bouassida Emna Chelbi Lamine Hamzaoui |
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| description | Aim: Colonic tuberculosis is rare. It accounts for 2–3% of abdominal tuberculosis. Clinical, radiological and endoscopic features are nonspecific. The diagnosis must be considered in front of chronic abdominal pain, vesperal fever and weight loss with on colonoscopy the presence of nodules or ulcers. The diagnosis is made on pathological findings. Case report: We report a case of an 82-year-old female patient with the diagnosis of colonic tuberculosis. The diagnosis were suspected on clinical presentation: chronic abdominal pain, fever and weight loss. The colonoscopy showed a nodular aspect of the left and sigmoid colonic mucosa and the pathology examination of the multiple biopsy specimens showed an epithelioid and gigantocellular granulomas with caseous necrosis. Conclusion: In front of a nonspecific clinical and endoscopic aspects, multiples colonic biopsies are mandatory to rule out differential diagnosis and confirm colonic tuberculosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3eecd8d2eb114ea0923dc9bb9d41af8e2023-03-01T10:41:40ZengFuture Science LtdFuture Science OA2056-56232022-12-0181010.2144/fsoa-2022-0056Colonic tuberculosis: a case reportGhada Gharbi0Moufida Mahmoudi1Manel Yakoubi2Asma Ben Mohamed3Amal Khsiba4Mohamed Karim M'Farrej5Mahdi Bouassida6Emna Chelbi7Lamine Hamzaoui81Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia2Department of Pathology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia3Department of Surgery, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia2Department of Pathology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, Tunisia1Department of Gastroenterology, Mohamed Taher Maamouri Hospital, Nabeul, TunisiaAim: Colonic tuberculosis is rare. It accounts for 2–3% of abdominal tuberculosis. Clinical, radiological and endoscopic features are nonspecific. The diagnosis must be considered in front of chronic abdominal pain, vesperal fever and weight loss with on colonoscopy the presence of nodules or ulcers. The diagnosis is made on pathological findings. Case report: We report a case of an 82-year-old female patient with the diagnosis of colonic tuberculosis. The diagnosis were suspected on clinical presentation: chronic abdominal pain, fever and weight loss. The colonoscopy showed a nodular aspect of the left and sigmoid colonic mucosa and the pathology examination of the multiple biopsy specimens showed an epithelioid and gigantocellular granulomas with caseous necrosis. Conclusion: In front of a nonspecific clinical and endoscopic aspects, multiples colonic biopsies are mandatory to rule out differential diagnosis and confirm colonic tuberculosis.https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2022-0056colonic tuberculosisdiagnosisendoscopyintestinal tuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Ghada Gharbi Moufida Mahmoudi Manel Yakoubi Asma Ben Mohamed Amal Khsiba Mohamed Karim M'Farrej Mahdi Bouassida Emna Chelbi Lamine Hamzaoui Colonic tuberculosis: a case report Future Science OA colonic tuberculosis diagnosis endoscopy intestinal tuberculosis |
| title | Colonic tuberculosis: a case report |
| title_full | Colonic tuberculosis: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Colonic tuberculosis: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colonic tuberculosis: a case report |
| title_short | Colonic tuberculosis: a case report |
| title_sort | colonic tuberculosis a case report |
| topic | colonic tuberculosis diagnosis endoscopy intestinal tuberculosis |
| url | https://www.future-science.com/doi/10.2144/fsoa-2022-0056 |
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