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2020 Aug 05


Rev Esp Enferm Dig


112

Gastrointestinal tuberculosis, the great simulator. From inflammatory disease to a tumor.

Authors

Díaz Alcázar M D M, Martín-Lagos Maldonado A, Cervilla Sáez de Tejada E
Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2020 Aug 05; 112.
PMID: 32755148.

Abstract

A 52-year-old Senegalese male presented due to abdominal pain and fever, with findings suggestive of a stenosing tumor of the right colon. Biopsies during colonoscopy were compatible with adenocarcinoma and infiltration into neighboring organs was observed during the surgery. New biopsies were taken that did not show dysplasia but granulomatous foci that were suggestive of a non-filiated infection. Thus, tuberculosis was ruled out.