Lax J D, Haroutiounian G, Attia A, Rodriguez R, Thayaparan R, Bashist B
Department of Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York.
Dis Colon Rectum. 1988 May;31(5):394-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02564895.
Tuberculosis of the rectum is a rare disease. A patient with a miliary pattern of pulmonary tuberculosis had a rectal lesion which proved to be tuberculosis. The patient subsequently developed several opportunistic infections characteristic of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The clinical, endoscopic, radiologic, and histologic findings of this treatable lesion are presented.