Interní Med. 2009; 11(9): 418-421

Rectal tumor as a manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

MUDr. Eva Houą»ková1, MUDr. Jiří Koskuba2, MUDr. Blanka Horová3, MUDr. Robert Kulač4
1 II. interní oddělení Fakultní nemocnice na Bulovce
2 JIP II. interního oddělení FN Na Bulovce, Praha
3 Oddělení klinické mikrobiologie, FN Na Bulovce, Praha
4 Radiodiagnostická klinika, FN Na Bulovce, Praha

Following case report describes relatively protracted diagnosis of a patient, who was admitted for suspicion of rectal neoplasma. The

course exemplifies need of complex history, wide differential diagnostics and sort of lengthy identification of extrapulmonary tuberculosis

even nowadays. It also documents old clinical truth, that „diagnosis can be made, if we think of it“.

Keywords: extrapulmonary tuberculosis, rectal tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, microbiological laboratory diagnostic, cultivation methods, molecular-biological methods.

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