Mesenteric tuberculosis with jejunal infiltration.
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.
Nuevo
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Dept of Internal Medicine, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain. jose_nuevo@hotmail.com
Loboff
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Borrego
J
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Ruiz
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M
Pintor
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Perezagua
C
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Gonzalez-Castillo
J
J
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