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.
Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack 753007. dr_sahoo@yahoo.co.in
Duryodhan
D
Sahoo
M K
MK
Mahapatra
Sami
S
Salim
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