Open AccessIleocecal and hepatic tuberculosis mimicking a metastatic cecal malignancy: Case report
Author(s) -
Ben Ismail Imen,
Rebii Saber,
Ben Chaabane Hamadi,
Hakim Zenaidi,
Zoghlami Ayoub
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4101
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , tuberculosis , cecum , ileocecal valve , metastasis , lesion , pathology , metastatic lesion , colonic cancer , colorectal cancer , cancer , general surgery , radiology , ileum
We wish to highlight that on encountering a suspicious hepatic and a colonic lesion, the possibility of TB should also be kept in mind apart from the obvious possibility of metastasis of a colonic cancer especially in an endemic country like Tunisia.