A case of ano-rectal tuberculoma simulating cancer in Aids

Autor:	Enow Orock Ge, Weledji Ep
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Rectum Cancer medicine.disease Anus Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Biopsy medicine Tuberculoma Radiology Presentation (obstetrics) business
Zdroj:	Oncology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Reports. 2:35
ISSN:	2348-3113
DOI:	10.4103/2348-3113.133575
Popis:	We report a case of ano-rectal tumour clinically diagnosed as cancer in a 36 years old male AIDS patient. Pathology analysis of the biopsy specimen revealed tuberculosis. The tumour regressed enormously and the general condition of the patient improved during the follow upwith anti-tuberculous and ARV therapy. Not all tumour-like lesions that occur in immune depressed patients are neoplasia. This is a case of a rare localization of a common diseaseand highlights the importance of pathology analysis of specimens in diagnosis and management of patients even when clinical presentation of the case appears so obvious.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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