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KMID : 0388419920020010187
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Konkuk Journal of Medical Sciences
1992 Volume.2 No. 1 p.187 ~ p.192
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Tuberculosis of the Ascending Colon with Submucosal Abscess
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Abstract
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The tuberculous involvement of the alimentary tract was abruptly decreased in incidence and morbidity along with pulmonary tuberculosis since the advent of effective antituberculous chemotherapy in the 1940s. Tuberculosis of the gastrointestinal
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most commonly involves the ileocecal region. The colon distal to the lieocecal area, appendix and jejunum are other rare sites of involvment. Especially, localized segmental involvement of the colon distal to the ileocecal region is rery rare and
difficult to differente from benign or malignant neoplasm. The diagnosis of this case is tuberculosis localized in the ascending colon and is difficult to differentiate from necrotic submucosal tumor of the colon due to submucosal cystic mass in
radiologic examination. Pathologic correlation and a review of the literature are provided.
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