Isolated gastric Tuberculosis: A case report

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis is an important problem in the world and Iran. Tuberculosis is an ancient disease but because of different presentations is a mysterious disease too. CASE: A 20-year-old girl who complained of abdominal pain with peptic ulcer and weight loss was admitted in our...

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Autores principales: SH Semnani, B Khoda Bbakhshi, MR Fazeli, R Azar Hoosh, V Kazemi Nejad
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a65336eb29f44daba16c7af2fd3d9a0b2021-11-10T09:12:42ZIsolated gastric Tuberculosis: A case report1561-41072251-7170https://doaj.org/article/a65336eb29f44daba16c7af2fd3d9a0b2006-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://jbums.org/article-1-2564-en.htmlhttps://doaj.org/toc/1561-4107https://doaj.org/toc/2251-7170BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis is an important problem in the world and Iran. Tuberculosis is an ancient disease but because of different presentations is a mysterious disease too. CASE: A 20-year-old girl who complained of abdominal pain with peptic ulcer and weight loss was admitted in our hospital. Since 4 months ago before referring, she had been treated many times for peptic ulcer including treatment for helicobacter pylori. Then endoscopy and biopsy were done. In endoscopy one ulcer in antrum with malignant appearance was observed. At biopsy granulomatous inflammation compatible with tuberculosis reported. She was treated by anti-tuberculosis drug for six months. Endoscopy repeated after 2 months of therapy showed completely normal pattern and she had 5 kg weight gain and totally symptom free after completion of therapy. CONCLUSION: Gastric TB should be considered for differential diagnosis of patient with gastric symptoms in endemic regions.SH SemnaniB Khoda BbakhshiMR FazeliR Azar HooshV Kazemi NejadBabol University of Medical Sciencesarticletuberculosisgastric tbMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENFAMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, Vol 8, Iss 2, Pp 80-83 (2006)
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topic tuberculosis
gastric tb
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Medicine (General)
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spellingShingle tuberculosis
gastric tb
Medicine
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Medicine (General)
R5-920
SH Semnani
B Khoda Bbakhshi
MR Fazeli
R Azar Hoosh
V Kazemi Nejad
Isolated gastric Tuberculosis: A case report
description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Tuberculosis is an important problem in the world and Iran. Tuberculosis is an ancient disease but because of different presentations is a mysterious disease too. CASE: A 20-year-old girl who complained of abdominal pain with peptic ulcer and weight loss was admitted in our hospital. Since 4 months ago before referring, she had been treated many times for peptic ulcer including treatment for helicobacter pylori. Then endoscopy and biopsy were done. In endoscopy one ulcer in antrum with malignant appearance was observed. At biopsy granulomatous inflammation compatible with tuberculosis reported. She was treated by anti-tuberculosis drug for six months. Endoscopy repeated after 2 months of therapy showed completely normal pattern and she had 5 kg weight gain and totally symptom free after completion of therapy. CONCLUSION: Gastric TB should be considered for differential diagnosis of patient with gastric symptoms in endemic regions.
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author SH Semnani
B Khoda Bbakhshi
MR Fazeli
R Azar Hoosh
V Kazemi Nejad
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B Khoda Bbakhshi
MR Fazeli
R Azar Hoosh
V Kazemi Nejad
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title Isolated gastric Tuberculosis: A case report
title_short Isolated gastric Tuberculosis: A case report
title_full Isolated gastric Tuberculosis: A case report
title_fullStr Isolated gastric Tuberculosis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Isolated gastric Tuberculosis: A case report
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publisher Babol University of Medical Sciences
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