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Gastric tuberculosis presenting with hematemesis

S Rathnaraj¹, S K Singh, M Verghese

¹Department of Surgery, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab.

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology : Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology

|July 1, 1997

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Gastric tuberculosis is a rare condition. This case highlights a patient with severe stomach bleeding due to this infection.

Area of Science:

Gastroenterology
Infectious Diseases
Pathology

Background:

Tuberculosis (TB) primarily affects the lungs, with extrapulmonary involvement being less common.
Gastric tuberculosis is an exceedingly rare manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

Observation:

A patient presented with severe, life-threatening hematemesis (vomiting of blood).
Diagnostic investigations revealed the cause to be gastric tuberculosis.

Findings:

The stomach is an uncommon site for tuberculous lesions.
Exsanguinating hematemesis can be a presenting symptom of gastric tuberculosis.

Implications:

This case underscores the importance of considering rare diagnoses in patients with severe gastrointestinal bleeding.

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