Intestinal tuberculosis: a challenge diagnosis

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  • Bárbara Maitee Carmenates-Álvarez
  • Ana Dianelis Reyes-Escobar
  • Yosvany Rojas-Peláez
  • Yamilka Joamis Peña-Borroto
  • Yon Luis Trujillo-Pérez

Abstract

Background: tuberculosis is a public health problem to a world scale. It is a systemic illness that can rarely affect the gastrointestinal tract and it is not very frequent in pediatrics. Its diagnosis constitutes a great challenge.
Objective: to present the case of an adolescent with digestive issues as first symptoms of intestinal tuberculosis.
Presentation of the case: 15 year-old patient, masculine, with history of abdominal pain, chronic diarrheas, loss of weight and fever with chills. For this symptomatology he was remitted to our gastroenterology consultation.
Conclusions: the intestinal tuberculosis should be suspected in pediatric patients with symptoms of intestinal malabsorption. Clinical improvement of the digestive issues was observed after beginning with the antituberculous treatment.

DeCS: TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL/diagnosis; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL/therapy; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES/therapy; ADOLESCENT; GRANULOMA.

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2019-06-01

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Carmenates-Álvarez BM, Reyes-Escobar AD, Rojas-Peláez Y, Peña-Borroto YJ, Trujillo-Pérez YL. Intestinal tuberculosis: a challenge diagnosis. Arch méd Camagüey [Internet]. 2019 Jun. 1 [cited 2025 Sep. 20];23(3):389-96. Available from: https://revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/6069

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Vol. 23 No. 3 (2019)

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Case Reports

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