Gastric Cancer and Concomitant Gastric Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Gastric tuberculosis is rare even in the endemic areas of tuberculosis, and can mimic neoplasm by causing elevation of the mucosa with or without ulceration. Here, we report a case in which a 54-year-old female patient admitted for resection of early gastric cancer was found to have coexisting histo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kang, Hyok-Jo, Lee, Young-Seok, Jang, You-Jin, Mok, Young-Jae
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Gastric Cancer Association 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23346499
http://dx.doi.org/10.5230/jgc.2012.12.4.254
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Sumario:Gastric tuberculosis is rare even in the endemic areas of tuberculosis, and can mimic neoplasm by causing elevation of the mucosa with or without ulceration. Here, we report a case in which a 54-year-old female patient admitted for resection of early gastric cancer was found to have coexisting histopathologically and bacteriologically confirmed gastric cancer and tuberculosis.

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