A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Gastric Cancer
Tuberculosis of the stomach is quite rare, both as a primary or secondary infection. It can present as a facet of a multiorgan disease process or may result from immunodeficiency. Here, we report a rare, interesting case of gastric tuberculosis which morphologically mimicked advanced gastric cancer...
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2006
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author | Kim, Seong-Eun Shim, Ki-Nam Yoon, Su Jin Jung, Sung-Ae Kim, Tae Hun Yoo, Kwon Moon, Il Hwan |
author_facet | Kim, Seong-Eun Shim, Ki-Nam Yoon, Su Jin Jung, Sung-Ae Kim, Tae Hun Yoo, Kwon Moon, Il Hwan |
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description | Tuberculosis of the stomach is quite rare, both as a primary or secondary infection. It can present as a facet of a multiorgan disease process or may result from immunodeficiency. Here, we report a rare, interesting case of gastric tuberculosis which morphologically mimicked advanced gastric cancer in a young, immunocompetent patient presenting with hematemesis and melena. The disease was diagnosed by biopsy, and responded well to antituberculosis medication without surgery. Clinicians must bear in mind that, even in the absence of immunodeficiency, as in this case, tuberculosis can involve any site in the gastrointestinal tract and may present with a variety of characteristics. Gastric tuberculosis should always be part of the differential diagnosis of chronic infiltrative lesions in the stomach. |
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spelling | pubmed-38910672014-01-16 A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Gastric Cancer Kim, Seong-Eun Shim, Ki-Nam Yoon, Su Jin Jung, Sung-Ae Kim, Tae Hun Yoo, Kwon Moon, Il Hwan Korean J Intern Med Case Report Tuberculosis of the stomach is quite rare, both as a primary or secondary infection. It can present as a facet of a multiorgan disease process or may result from immunodeficiency. Here, we report a rare, interesting case of gastric tuberculosis which morphologically mimicked advanced gastric cancer in a young, immunocompetent patient presenting with hematemesis and melena. The disease was diagnosed by biopsy, and responded well to antituberculosis medication without surgery. Clinicians must bear in mind that, even in the absence of immunodeficiency, as in this case, tuberculosis can involve any site in the gastrointestinal tract and may present with a variety of characteristics. Gastric tuberculosis should always be part of the differential diagnosis of chronic infiltrative lesions in the stomach. The Korean Association of Internal Medicine 2006-03 2006-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3891067/ /pubmed/16646568 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2006.21.1.62 Text en Copyright © 2006 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kim, Seong-Eun Shim, Ki-Nam Yoon, Su Jin Jung, Sung-Ae Kim, Tae Hun Yoo, Kwon Moon, Il Hwan A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Gastric Cancer |
title | A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Gastric Cancer |
title_full | A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Gastric Cancer |
title_fullStr | A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Gastric Cancer |
title_full_unstemmed | A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Gastric Cancer |
title_short | A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis Mimicking Advanced Gastric Cancer |
title_sort | case of gastric tuberculosis mimicking advanced gastric cancer |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3891067/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16646568 http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjim.2006.21.1.62 |
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