1. [Primary intestinal tuberculosis]
- Author
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Salvati V, Fumo F, Fumo M, Cerrone C., D'ARMIENTO, FRANCESCO PAOLO, Salvati, V, Fumo, F, D'Armiento, FRANCESCO PAOLO, Fumo, M, and Cerrone, C.
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Male ,Colonic Diseases ,Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal ,Antitubercular Agents ,Humans ,Middle Aged - Abstract
Tuberculosis, with its pulmonary and extrapulmonary localizations, is rapidly increasing in Italy. The authors describe a case of a primary colonic tuberculosis in a 52-year-old Caucasian man. At admission the patient reported a 6-month history of constipation, weight loss and abdominal pain. He had rectal bleeding in the last two weeks. Haematological tests and chest X-ray were negative. Colonoscopy showed a stricture in the proximal transverse colon and multiple ulcers in the ileocecal tract. Multiple biopsies and culture demonstrated tuberculosis. The patient underwent a right hemicolectomy after an episode of acute intestinal hemorrhage and received pharmacological treatment for nine months. After four years he is still free of disease.
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- 1996