title: Mesenteric tuberculosis with jejunal infiltration.
abstract: A 69-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of asthenia, anorexia and 20 kg weight loss. An ultrasound study and computerized tomography (CT) imaging revealed a mesenteric mass and laparotomy was performed. The diagnosis was mesenteric tuberculosis with jejunal involvement. This represents an atypical onset of tuberculosis in a non-immunosuppressed patient.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. jose_nuevo@hotmail.com
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Nuevo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Loboff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borrego
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pintor
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Perezagua
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Castillo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D007583:Jejunum; D008640:Mesenteric Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology