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Gastric ulceration with acute bleeding from tuberculosis of the stomach--a case report
S H Goh1, T Ravintharan, C S Sim
1Accident & Emergency Department, Toa Payoh Hospital, Singapore.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
Tuberculosis of the stomach is a rarity. Its diagnosis is difficult as it is often unsuspected or unrecognised. This is a case report of an elderly man who presented with active upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding. The diagnosis was made postoperatively following gastrectomy for bleeding gastric ulcers. The histological specimens showed caseating epithelioid granulomas with Langerhan's giant cells centrally. The authors reviewed the recent literature on tuberculosis of the stomach, and suggest ways to identify the patients at risk.