Pulmonology Book

Tuberculosis

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Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis

Aka: Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis, Tuberculous Enteritis
  1. See Also
    1. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  2. Pathophysiology
    1. Involves any part of Gastrointestinal tract
    2. Ileocecal most commonly affected
    3. Risk of contracting gastrointestinal Tb
      1. Parallels severity of pulmonary disease
    4. Transmission
      1. Swallowing infected Sputum or contaminated food
      2. Hematogenous spread
      3. Contiguous spread from involved tissue
  3. Symptoms
    1. Fever
    2. Weight loss
    3. Abdominal Pain
    4. Diarrhea
  4. Signs
    1. Blood in stool
    2. Palpable right lower quadrant mass
  5. Differential Diagnosis
    1. Crohn's Disease
      1. Critical to differentiate from Tuberculosis
      2. Crohn's Treatment disseminates Tuberculosis
    2. Infection
      1. Yersinia
      2. Actinomyces
      3. Amebiasis
    3. Colon Cancer
  6. Diagnosis
    1. Endoscopy
      1. Mucosal injury
        1. Ulcerations
        2. Hypertrophic lesions
        3. Dense bandlike fibrosis
      2. Mucosal biopsy shows Acid Fast Bacilli (low yield)
      3. Culture of biopsy specimens
    2. CT Abdomen
    3. Barium Enema
      1. Shortened and retracted cecum
  7. Management
    1. See Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis
    2. Treat for six months
  8. Complications
    1. Intestinal Obstruction
    2. Bowel perforation
    3. Enteric fistulas
  9. References
    1. Marshall (1993) Am J Gastroenterol 88:989-99

Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal (C0041312)

Definition (MSH) TUBERCULOSIS that involves any region of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, mostly in the distal ILEUM and the CECUM. In most cases, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS is the pathogen. Clinical features include ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and palpable mass in the ileocecal area.
Concepts Disease or Syndrome (T047)
MSH D014385
SnomedCT 154286002, 186228005, 240376003
English Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal, TB of gastrointestinal tract, Tuberculosis GIT NOS, Tuberculosis of gastrointestinal tract NOS, gastrointestinal tuberculosis, gastrointestinal tuberculosis (diagnosis), tuberculosis gastrointestinal, GI tuberculosis, Tuberculosis gastrointestinal NOS, Tuberculosis of gastrointestinal tract NOS (disorder), Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal [Disease/Finding], Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis gastrointestinal, Tuberculosis of gastrointestinal tract, Tuberculosis of gastrointestinal tract (disorder)
Dutch maagdarmstelseltuberculose NAO, maagdarmstelseltuberculose, Gastro-intestinale tuberculose, Tuberculose, gastro-intestinale
French Tuberculose gastro-intestinale SAI, Tuberculose gastro-intestinale, Tuberculose gastrointestinale
German Tuberkulose gastrointestinal NNB, Gastrointestinaltuberkulose, Tuberkulose, gastrointestinale, Magendarmtuberkulose
Italian Tubercolosi gastrointestinale NAS, Tubercolosi gastrointestinale
Portuguese Tuberculose gastrointestinal NE, Tuberculose Gastrintestinal, Tuberculose gastrointestinal, Tuberculose Gastrointestinal
Spanish Tuberculosis gastrointestinal NEOM, Tuberculosis of gastrointestinal tract, tuberculosis del tracto gastrointestinal (trastorno), tuberculosis del tracto gastrointestinal, SAI (trastorno), tuberculosis del tracto gastrointestinal, SAI, tuberculosis del tracto gastrointestinal, Tuberculosis gastrointestinal, Tuberculosis Gastrointestinal
Japanese 消化器結核, 消化器結核ＮＯＳ, ｼｮｳｶｷｹｯｶｸ, ｼｮｳｶｷｹｯｶｸNOS, 結核-胃腸系, 胃腸系結核, 消化管結核, 結核-腸, 胃腸結核, 腸結核, 結核-消化管
Swedish Tuberkulos, gastrointestinal
Czech tuberkulóza gastrointestinální, Gastrointestinální tuberkulóza NOS, Gastrointestinální tuberkulóza
Finnish Ruuansulatuskanavan tuberkuloosi
Russian TUBERKULEZ ZHELUDOCHNO-KISHECHNOGO TRAKTA, ZHELUDOCHNO-KISHECHNOGO TRAKTA TUBERKULEZ, ЖЕЛУДОЧНО-КИШЕЧНОГО ТРАКТА ТУБЕРКУЛЕЗ, ТУБЕРКУЛЕЗ ЖЕЛУДОЧНО-КИШЕЧНОГО ТРАКТА
Polish Gruźlica żołądkowo-jelitowa
Hungarian Gastrointestinalis tuberculosis, gastrointestinalis tuberculosis k.m.n.
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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