A Rare Cause of Acute Appendicitis: Caecal Tuberculosis Mimicking Colon Cancer
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease - Year 2019, Vol 29, Issue 3
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that can involve all organs and tissues. Although pulmonary TB is more common, extrapulmonary TB is an important clinical problem due to its nonspecific symptoms. Clinical presentation of abdominal TB includes abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever and weight loss, and it is difficult to make differential diagnosis with inflammatory bowel disease and gastrointestinal system malignancies. In this case report, we aimed to present a case of TB infection in the differential diagnosis of ileocecal region diseases in patients without a history of active or previous pulmonary TB mimicking colon tumor and presenting with acute appendicitis.
Authors and Affiliations
Mehmet Patmano, Durmuş Ali Çetin, Tufan Gümüş, Yusuf Yavuz
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- EP ID EP684916
- DOI 10.4274/tjcd.galenos.2019.71677
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