A Case of Tuberculous Enteritis with Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis in a 12-Year-Old Girl
| Autor: | Jae Ock Park, Chang Hwi Kim, Ga Young Park, Jae Young Park, Jeong Ja Kwak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Abdominal pain business.industry Crohn disease Intestinal Neoplasm media_common.quotation_subject INTESTINAL TUBERCULOSIS Gastroenterology Surgery Diarrhea Infectious Diseases Pulmonary tuberculosis Internal medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Tuberculous enteritis Girl medicine.symptom business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Korean Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 20:190 |
| ISSN: | 1226-3923 |
| DOI: | 10.14776/kjpid.2013.20.3.190 |
| Popis: | Intestinal tuberculosis (TB) is presented with nonspecific and variable clinical manifestations such as abdominal pain, diarrhea,fever and weight loss. Diagnosis of tuberculous enteritis may be missed or confused with many other chronic gastrointestinaldisorders such as the Crohn disease and intestinal neoplasms. The diagnosis should be based on careful clinical evalua-tions, such as extra-intestinal signs and colonoscopic and histologic findings. Newer techniques such as PCR tests from the specimens through colonoscopic biopsy may be helpful to confirm diagnosis of tuberculous enteritis. The treatment regimens for pulmonary tuberculosis are generally effective for tuberculous enteritis as well. If not treated early, the prog-nosis of intestinal tuberculosis is poor. We report a case of tuberculous enteritis diagnosed by colonoscopic biopsy and TB PCR which was presented with diarrhea, abdominal pain, intermittent fever and weight loss in a 12-year-old girl with active pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient was treated successfully with antituberculosis agents for 11 months without any complications. (Korean J Pediatr Infect Dis 2013;20:190-196)KeyWords:Tuberculous enteritis, Pulmonary tuberculosis |
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