Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal
"Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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TUBERCULOSIS that involves any region of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, mostly in the distal ILEUM and the CECUM. In most cases, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS is the pathogen. Clinical features include ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and palpable mass in the ileocecal area.
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D014385
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.846.628 C06.405.874
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal" by people in Profiles.
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Abdominal visceral tuberculosis: a malignancy mimic. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2023 08; 48(8):2705-2715.
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Not All Terminal Ileitis Is Crohn's Disease: Intestinal Tuberculosis Causing Small Bowel Obstruction. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 07; 19(7):e71.
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Esophageal Tuberculosis - A Mass of Confusion. Am J Med. 2020 10; 133(10):e589-e590.
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Predictive Factors for Differentiating Between Crohn's Disease and Intestinal Tuberculosis in Koreans. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 08; 111(8):1156-64.
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Intestinal tuberculosis presenting as a bowel obstruction. Am J Surg. 2002 Mar; 183(3):290-1.
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Diabetes mellitus: an uncommon manifestation of pancreatic tuberculosis. J Assoc Physicians India. 1999 Sep; 47(9):938-9.
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Computed tomography in abdominal tuberculosis. Br J Radiol. 1999 Jan; 72(853):92-8.
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Diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis by polymerase chain reaction on endoscopic biopsy specimens. Am J Gastroenterol. 1994 Dec; 89(12):2248-9.
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Diagnosis of gastrointestinal tuberculosis. Trop Gastroenterol. 1994 Oct-Dec; 15(4):179-85.
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Small bowel adenocarcinoma mimicking tubercular stricture. Role of enteroscopy in early diagnosis. J Assoc Physicians India. 1991 Mar; 39(3):284-5.