Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.  1999 Apr;19(2):295-299.

A Case of Bleeding Jejunal Tuberculosis Diagnosed with Intraoperative Endoscopy

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea.
  • 2Department of Anatomical Pathology, Maryknoll Hospital, Pusan, Korea.

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a multi-organ disease. The incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis is declining due to improvement in public health, vaccination and the development of anti-tuberculosis medication, but extrapulmonary tuberculosis has become more common, especially in immuno-compromised individuals, AIDS patients and immigrants to western worlds. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis continues to give rise to diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The jejunal tuberculosis is uncommon and presents a difficult diagnostic problem. Bleeding jejunal tuberculosis is a very rare source of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. We have recently experienced a case of a jejunal tuberculosis which was proven to be a source of gastrointestinal bleeding by intraoperative endoscopy and was confirmed by surgical exploration. This report summarized our experience and review of literature.

Keyword

Endoscopic injection therapy; Endoscopic ethanol injection; Bleeding pep-tic ulcer

MeSH Terms

Emigrants and Immigrants
Endoscopy*
Hemorrhage*
Humans
Incidence
Public Health
Tuberculosis*
Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
Vaccination
Western World
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