BACKGROUND Intestinal tuberculosis is a rare disease in western countries, affecting mainly immigrants and immunocompromised patients. Intestinal tuberculosis is a diagnostic challenge, especially when active pulmonary infection is absent. It may mimic many other abdominal diseases. CASE PRESENTATION Here, we report a case of isolated colonic tuberculosis where the initial diagnostic workup w...

Gastric tuberculosis is an uncommon disease and occurs as a primary or secondary condition (1). Gastric tuberculosis patients usually have concurrent pulmonary tuberculosis or an immune system deficiency (1-3), and as a result, it is particularly difficult to clinically and radiologically diagnose cases of isolated gastric tuberculosis (1-5). In this report, we present the clinical and radiolog...

Se presenta el caso de un paciente con antecedente consumo crónico alcohol, que consultó por dolor abdominal inespecífico, fiebre intermitente no cuantificada y pérdida peso, posterior aumento del perímetro abdominal. encontró ascitis hallazgos en imágenes sugerían cirrosis. El estudio líquido ascítico fue hipertensivo predominio linfocitos niveles adenosina-desaminasa (ADA) elevados. La ecogra...

Peritoneal tuberculosis in pregnancy is one of the least common forms of extrapulmonory tuberculosis in pregnancy. Early diagnosis is important to prevent obstetrical and neonatal morbidity. We report the case of a 37-year-old pregnant woman who presented with abdominal volume increase, night-sweat, anorexia, loss of weight and abdominal pain at 23 weeks. A peritoneal laparoscopic biopsy was pe...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis is prevalent worldwide. Even in developed countries there is a resurgence of tuberculosis mainly due to increasing HIV infection. Tuberculous ileal perforation is uncommon. It is, however, a potentially fatal complication of intestinal tuberculosis especially in HIV/AIDS patient. AIM To highlight tuberculous ileal perforation as an underestimated complication of intest...

Background Disseminated tuberculosis is an uncommon but devastating form of tuberculosis, possibly developing with the immune response patients. COVID-19 infection may produce immunosuppressive effect possible implications for dissemination. Case presentation A 17-year-old female patient a history tuberculous pleurisy presented to hospital high fever and life-threatening dyspnea after contracti...

Tuberculosis remains a worldwide public health concern. Atypical extrapulmonary presentations may delay its diagnosis and treatment. The present study illustrates the importance of ruling out extrapulmonary tuberculosis in patients presenting with nonspecific symptoms of abdominal diseases. Furthermore, we discuss the variety of clinical presentations, diagnostic challenges, current therapeutic...

A 32-year-old patient was admitted with a community-acquired pneumonia. She had clinical evidence of AIDS and chest X-ray features consistent with pulmonary tuberculosis. While in the ward she developed an acute abdomen necessitating laparotomy, at which a diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis was made. Sputum and intraoperative pus specimens grew a multiresistant Nocardia brasiliensis. Microbiol...

INTRODUCTION We present a case of primary gastrointestinal tuberculosis that has culminated in ulcer formation, in the absence of pulmonary involvement in an immunocompetent patient. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 28-year-old Asian male presented to casualty with a 1-week history of epigastric cramping abdominal pain and several episodes of non-bilious vomiting. The patient deteriorated clinically, b...

CONTEXT Isolated pancreatic tuberculosis is a common mimicker of pancreatic malignancy and a common presentation is abdominal pain. However, segmental portal hypertension is very uncommon. CASE REPORT A case of isolated pancreatic tuberculosis mimicking focal pancreatitis and causing segmental portal hypertension is presented. CONCLUSION A histological or microbiological diagnosis of the pr...