Rectal tuberculosis: a rare case.
A 35-year-old emaciated woman presented with bleeding per rectum with mucoid stool due to a rectal growth which clinically mimicked carcinoma rectum. Anterior resection and biopsy of the resected specimen proved the case to be one of rectal tuberculosis.
Sahoo
Duryodhan
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Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack 753007. dr_sahoo@yahoo.co.in
Mahapatra
M K
MK
Salim
Sami
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D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012007:Rectum / Q000473:pathology; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents