Year 2020 / Volume 112 / Number 9
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Gastrointestinal tuberculosis, the great simulator. From inflammatory disease to a tumor

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2020.6934/2020

María del Mar Díaz Alcázar, Alicia Martín-Lagos Maldonado, Eloísa Cervilla Sáez de Tejada,

Abstract
A 52-year-old Senegalese male presented due to abdominal pain and fever, with findings suggestive of a stenosing tumor of the right colon. Biopsies during colonoscopy were compatible with adenocarcinoma and infiltration into neighboring organs was observed during the surgery. New biopsies were taken that did not show dysplasia but granulomatous foci that were suggestive of a non-filiated infection. Thus, tuberculosis was ruled out.
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Received: 03/02/2020

Accepted: 17/02/2020

Online First: 05/08/2020

Published: 10/09/2020

Article Online First time: 184 days

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