Obeidat Adham E, Namiki Thomas, Murakami Traci T
Department of Internal Medicine, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, USA.
Department of Pathology, The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, USA.
Cureus. 2021 Feb 8;13(2):e13216. doi: 10.7759/cureus.13216.
The diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is challenging to make due to the non-specific signs and symptoms that patients usually present with. Furthermore, the endoscopic appearance of colonic TB is not specific and can mimic other more common pathologies such as Crohn's disease and colonic malignancy. We report the case of a 66-year-old female who presented for a routine screening colonoscopy and was diagnosed with disseminated TB after histopathological examination of the discovered polyps.
由于患者通常表现出的非特异性体征和症状，结核病（TB）的诊断具有挑战性。此外，结肠结核的内镜表现并不具有特异性，可能会与其他更常见的病症相混淆，如克罗恩病和结肠恶性肿瘤。我们报告了一例66岁女性的病例，该患者因常规结肠镜筛查就诊，在对发现的息肉进行组织病理学检查后被诊断为播散性结核。
