J Korean Soc Coloproctol.
2012 Oct;28(5):275-277. 10.3393/jksc.2012.28.5.275.
A Case of Sigmoid Colon Tuberculosis Mimicking Colon Cancer
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Bongseng Memorial Hospital, Busan, Korea. drjohn21@daum.net
- 2Department of Pathology, Bongseng Memorial Hospital, Busan, Korea.
- KMID: 2198693
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.3393/jksc.2012.28.5.275
Abstract
- Tuberculosis of the sigmoid colon is a rare disorder. An 80-year-old man visited Bongseng Memorial Hospital for medical examination. A colonoscopy was performed, and a lesion in the sigmoid colon that was suspected to be colon cancer was found. A biopsy was performed, and tuberculous enteritis with chronic granulomatous inflammation was diagnosed. Intestinal tuberculosis is most frequent in the ileocecal area, followed by the ascending colon, transverse colon, duodenum, stomach, and sigmoid colon, in descending order. Hence, we report a case of intestinal tuberculosis in the sigmoid colon, which is rare and almost indistinguishable from colon cancer.
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