Right Colectomy for an Inflammatory Mass in the Cecum Later Found to Be Tuberculosis.
| Autor: | Nawras M; University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, USA., Bosio R; ProMedica Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH, USA., Sipe E; ProMedica Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH, USA., Klein P; ProMedica Toledo Hospital, Toledo, OH, USA., Pannell SM; University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, USA.; Department of Surgery, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The American surgeon [Am Surg] 2024 Jun; Vol. 90 (6), pp. 1734-1735. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 11. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/00031348241227175 |
| Abstrakt: | Gastrointestinal tuberculosis (TB) is a rare manifestation of extra-pulmonary TB that is known to mimic many different gastrointestinal diseases. We present a case of an 85-year-old male patient with delayed diagnosis of gastrointestinal TB who underwent colonic resection for a cecal mass that was initially suspected to be malignant. Acid-fast staining of the surgical specimen later revealed acid-fast bacilli and multiple lymph nodes with necrotizing granulomas. The purpose of this study is to stress the importance of including gastrointestinal TB as a differential diagnosis for patients with suspected colorectal malignancy, especially when initial biopsy results do not reveal malignant features. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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