[Isolated colonic tuberculosis].
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.
Pérez Fernández
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Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.
Moreira Vicente
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Sanz Villalobos
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Alvarez Baleriola
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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
D000904:Antibiotics, Antitubercular; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D011718:Pyrazinamide; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin
Tuberculosis colónica aislada.