Colonic tuberculosis as a diagnostic challenge: Report of a case

Gastrointestinal tüberkülozu tanısı, pulmoner enfeksiyon kanıtları olmaksızın zor bir tamdır. Enfeksiyöz prosesler, tümörler ve Crohn hastalığı gibi diğer pek çok abdominal patolojiyi taklit edebilir. Kolonoskopik değerlendirme bile tanının konulmasında her zaman çok başarılı olamamaktadır. Tüberkülozun spesifik laboratuar ve radyolojik bulguları olmaksızın tanı, ancak spesimenin histopatolofik incelemesi ile konulabilir. Tüm diagnostik testlerle dahi kolonik tüberküloz tanısı bu olgu sunumunda örneklendirildiği gibi zor olabilmektedir.

Bir tanı karmaşası olarak kolonik tüberküloz: Olgu sunumu

Gastrointestinal tuberculosis may be a diagnostic challenge, particularly in the absence of evidence of pulmonary infection. It may mimic other abdominal diseases, such as other infectious processes, tumors or Crohn's disease. Colonoscopic examinations have not always been used successfully to diagnose the disease either. In the absence of specific laboratory/radiological findings, the diagnosis can be established only by histopathological examination of the specimen. Therefore, as suggested previously, isolated colonic tuberculosis may be a diagnostic challenge even in the era of modern surgery, as exemplified in this case report.

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