Rubio T, Gaztelu M T, Calvo A, Repiso M, Sarasíbar H, Jiménez Bermejo F, Martínez Echeverría A
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital García Orcoyen, Estella, 31200, Spain.
An Sist Sanit Navar. 2005 May-Aug;28(2):257-60. doi: 10.4321/s1137-66272005000300010.
Abdominal tuberculosis develops according to a non-specific clinical picture, with a difficult differential diagnosis with respect to other entities of similar semiology. We present the case of a male who was admitted because of abdominal pain, progressive and notable loss of body weight and a fever of two months evolution. The culture from the colon biopsy showed the presence of Koch bacilli.