Severe pulmonary tuberculosis complicating Ileocecal intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis: a case report

Adult intussusception is a rare clinical entity that is most often caused by a tumor, such as a lipoma, adenoma, or malignant tumor. A case of adult intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis of the ileocecal region is reported. There are few cases of intussusception due to intestinal tuberculos...

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Autores principales: Nakamura, Shigeki, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Izumikawa, Koichi, Seki, Masafumi, Kakeya, Hiroshi, Yamamoto, Yoshihiro, Miyazaki, Yoshitugu, Suyama, Naofumi, Kohno, Shigeru
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2478653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18620597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-0711-7-16
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Sumario:Adult intussusception is a rare clinical entity that is most often caused by a tumor, such as a lipoma, adenoma, or malignant tumor. A case of adult intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis of the ileocecal region is reported. There are few cases of intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis.

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