Korean J Gastrointest Endosc.
2002 Apr;24(4):212-215.
A Case of Primary Gastric Tuberculosis Presenting with Melena
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Inchon Christian Hospital, Incheon, Korea. dock68@freechal.com
- 2Department of Pathology, Inchon Christian Hospital, Incheon, Korea.
Abstract
- We experienced a case of primary gastric tuberculosis presented with melena. A 61-year-old male was admitted with epigastric pain and melena. Upper endoscopy revealed an irregular shaped gastric ulcer on the posterior wall of the body. Histological examination of endoscopic specimen revealed chronic inflammation with fibrosis, granulomas and acid-fast bacilli. Cultures for acid-fast bacilli subsequently grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. There was no evidence of the tuberculous lesion anywhere else. Primary gastric tuberculosis remains an extremely uncommon clinical entity; the definitive diagnosis is made by biopsy and positive culture for the organism. We report a case of primary gastric tuberculosis with review of the literature.
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