Surprising Diagnosis of a Case with Disseminated Tuberculosis Masquerading as Metastatic Cancer.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Brzezinska, Katarzyna; Tikh, Eugene; Jangi, Sushrut; Chen, Hannah H.
- Source
- Digestive Diseases & Sciences. Oct2023, Vol. 68 Issue 10, p3829-3831. 3p.
- Subject
- *METASTASIS
*TUBERCULOSIS
*DIAGNOSIS
- Language
- ISSN
- 0163-2116
Computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen revealed an "apple core" mass in the ascending colon (Fig. 1Axial (A) and coronal (B) images from abdominopelvic CT with IV and oral contrast demonstrate an "apple core" mass (red arrows) in the ascending colon Graph: Fig. Brain biopsy showed liquefactive necrosis and an acid-fast stain was positive for numerous mycobacteria. [Extracted from the article]