Single tuberculous stricture in the jejunum: report of 2 cases.
Intestinal tuberculosis is now considered rare. It usually involves the ileocecal region and often produces multiple ulcers in the small intestine. This is a report of 2 patients who presented with a single tuberculous stricture in the jejunum, an exceedingly rare manifestation of this disease. The stricture in each case consisted of a short girdle ulcer with irregular margins, detected by double-contrast studies of the small intestine.
Fukuya
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Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoshimitsu
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Kitagawa
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Masuda
K
K
Ueyama
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T
Haraguchi
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Y
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology