[Primary gastric tuberculosis].
Intestinal tuberculosis (TB) comprises 5% of all cases of TB and may be a major problem in immigrant communities, although the incidence of pulmonary TB is declining. Gastric TB is rare, constituting 0.1-2% of all cases of TB. Gastric TB usually develops secondary to other tuberculous lesions, most commonly pulmonary. On endoscopy antral infiltrative lesions are found. Primary gastric TB is very rare, only 8 cases having been reported in the English literature. We report a case of primary gastric TB in a 55-year-old woman who presented with abdominal pain and gastric outlet obstruction. The diagnosis was confirmed by endoscopic biopsies which showed granulomas, but no acid-fast bacilli. The Mantoux test was positive, acid-fast bacilli were found in the gastric juice, and a positive culture for TB was obtained on gastric lavage. There was an excellent response to antituberculous chemotherapy. With the relative rate of extra-pulmonary TB increasing, primary gastric TB should be taken into account in the differential diagnosis of infiltrative lesions of the antrum.
Nussinson
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Gastroenterology Unit, Central Hospital of the Emek, Afula.
Segol
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Landman-Merdler
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Trougouboff
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P
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents