Gastrointestinal manifestation of extrapulmonal tuberculosis – Case Report

Introduction: Gastrointestinal manifestation of extrapulmonal tuberculosis is relatively rare, 12% in consecutive cases, and ileocecal region is infected in 75%. Various symptomatology (abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation, bloating up, vomiting, abdominal fluid) describes the entity. Case report: 57 y.o. male had no specific medical history. At admission he complained on diarrhea, epigastric pain, and weight loss. Colonoscopy and abdominal CT scan showed pathological regional lymph nodes and tumor shaped stenosis in ascendent colon, cecal region, and terminal ileum. Suspect of vertebral and femoral metastatic…