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tuberculous enteritis
Clinical manifestations:
- anorexia
- weight loss
- abdominal pain
- diarrhea
- abdominal mass
Laboratory:
- tuberculin skin testing vs IFN-gamma release assay
- biopsy specimen
- acid-fast stain
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA
- culture
Special laboratory:
- colonoscopy
Radiology:
- chest X-ray
- chest CT - pulmonary nodule
General
bacterial enteritis
tuberculosis
References
- Yajnik V, McDermott S, Khalili H, Everett JM
Case 7-2016. An 80-Year-Old Man with Weight Loss, Abdominal
Pain, Diarrhea, and an Ileocecal Mass.
N Engl J Med. 2016 Mar 10;374(10):970-9
PMID: 26962732
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcpc1509455