Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer: a case report

Gastric tuberculosis is an uncommon manifestation of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis infection. The clinical signs of this type of infection are nonspecific and misleading. Clinically gastric tuberculosis resembles peptic ulcer disease or malignancy. We report a case of gastric tuberculosis, which was...

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Main Authors: Abdolkarim Ghadimi Moghadam, Abdolvahab Alborzi, Gholam Pouladfar, Ahmad Monabati
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Published: The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries 2013-04-01
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Abdolvahab Alborzi
Gholam Pouladfar
Ahmad Monabati
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description Gastric tuberculosis is an uncommon manifestation of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis infection. The clinical signs of this type of infection are nonspecific and misleading. Clinically gastric tuberculosis resembles peptic ulcer disease or malignancy. We report a case of gastric tuberculosis, which was treated as acid peptic disease, in an Iranian immunocompetent adult with no pulmonary tuberculosis, who received surgery for gastric cancer. Diagnosis was based on PCR despite the detection of negative acid-fast bacilli in the histopathologic specimen. We recommend PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to be done when granuloma or caseation is detected on biopsy in patients who are suspected of having gastric malignancy or acid peptic diseases.
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spelling doaj-art-f794dc422c8b42c9bc6d75cf4e8c53782025-08-20T02:57:45ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802013-04-0170410.3855/jidc.2598Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer: a case reportAbdolkarim Ghadimi Moghadam0Abdolvahab Alborzi1Gholam Pouladfar2Ahmad Monabati3Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz,Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz,Professor Alborzi Clinical Microbiology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz,Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran Gastric tuberculosis is an uncommon manifestation of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis infection. The clinical signs of this type of infection are nonspecific and misleading. Clinically gastric tuberculosis resembles peptic ulcer disease or malignancy. We report a case of gastric tuberculosis, which was treated as acid peptic disease, in an Iranian immunocompetent adult with no pulmonary tuberculosis, who received surgery for gastric cancer. Diagnosis was based on PCR despite the detection of negative acid-fast bacilli in the histopathologic specimen. We recommend PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to be done when granuloma or caseation is detected on biopsy in patients who are suspected of having gastric malignancy or acid peptic diseases. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2598tuberculosisgastrointestinalimmunocompetencestomachneoplasms
spellingShingle Abdolkarim Ghadimi Moghadam
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Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer: a case report
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
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gastrointestinal
immunocompetence
stomach
neoplasms
title Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer: a case report
title_full Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer: a case report
title_fullStr Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer: a case report
title_short Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer: a case report
title_sort primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking gastric cancer a case report
topic tuberculosis
gastrointestinal
immunocompetence
stomach
neoplasms
url https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2598
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