title: [Isolated colonic tuberculosis].
abstract: Two cases of colonic tuberculosis (TB) isolated in two elderly, not HIV seropositive women, presenting unspecific clinical manifestations (constitutional syndrome, fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea) and stenosis of the colon in diagnostic imaging techniques are presented. In the second case, endoscopy showed stenosis of the colonic lumen and inflammatory mucosa, the biopsy of which demonstrated granulation tissue with no signs of specificity (in the first case, technical problems did not allow the colonoscopy to reach the affected site). In both cases, diagnosis was performed postoperatively by study of the surgical pieces. Biopsy showed granulomas with acid-alcohol resistant bacilli. Both patients responded favorably to tuberculostatic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pérez Fernández
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Moreira Vicente
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanz Villalobos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alvarez Baleriola
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D003113:Colonoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011718:Pyrazinamide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin
vernacular_title: Tuberculosis colónica aislada.