Colonic tuberculosis presenting with massive rectal bleeding.
Colonic tuberculosis manifests in many diverse ways, of which massive rectal bleeding is a rare feature requiring surgical treatment by resection. We report such a case and review the literature of the last 15 years.
D000328:Adult; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008551:Melena / Q000209:etiology; D012007:Rectum; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications*