Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis Presenting as Malnutrition and Distal Colonic Bowel Obstruction
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Transverse colon tuberculosis presenting as colonic obstruction.
To the Editor: A 21-year-old woman presented with a history of abdominal pain, occasional vomiting, and fever of 2 weeks’ duration. She had no respiratory symptoms, and her past history was unremarkable. On examination she had a low-grade fever and mild tenderness in the abdomen. No masses were felt in the pelvis. Her white cell count was 3.7×10/l, and blood culture was negative. The chest radi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2090-6528,2090-6536
DOI: 10.1155/2018/2808565