Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Cancer Manifestations in Peru
| Autor: | Fernando Barreda, Nadia Malpartida-Beraún, Claudia Barreda, Melvy Guerrero |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Clinical and Research Journal in Internal Medicine, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 434-439 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2723-5130 2723-5122 |
| DOI: | 10.21776/ub.crjim.2023.004.01.10 |
| Popis: | Tuberculosis is a high-incidence public health problem in Peru. In our context, Tuberculosis is seen commonly as a pulmonary infection. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis as gastric is rare, both as a primary or secondary infection, with just a few case reports published about these kinds of presentations. This case report presents a 44-year-old female patient with weight loss, dyspepsia, and abdominal pain. Upper endoscopy reveals antral polypoid masses and a gastric ulcer. Abdominal CT shows lymph nodes and stomach wall thickening. Biopsies results were negative for malignancy and positive for granulomas. Sputum acid-fast bacilli smear on microscopic examination was positive. Coexistent pulmonary, gastric tuberculosis, and human immunodeficiency virus infection mimicking gastric cancer were confirmed. We will present this case in detail below. |
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