[Cecal tuberculosis: the importance of a high diagnostic suspicion].
Intestinal tuberculosis is less common than pulmonary tuberculosis. Its clinical and endoscopic features are nonspe-cific, so diagnostic suspicion must be high in order to make an early diagnosis and prevent iatrogenia. Pharmacotherapy is often effective, with an excellent clinical and endoscopic evolution. Surgical treatment is reserved for complications. We present the case of cecal tuberculosis diagnosed endoscopically; this is the second case diagnosed in a few months in our center. In this case there were no risk factors, such as recent travel, risk of contacts or inmunosupression.
Servicio de Digestivo, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, 15006, Spain. eduardovaldi@hotmail.com.
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Valdivielso Cortázar
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Bolado Concejo
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Jiménez Pérez
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Couto Wörner
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Alonso Aguirre
D000368:Aged; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000473:pathology*