Rare case of duodenal tuberculosis causing gastric outlet obstruction, a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and importance

Intestinal tuberculosis (TB) comprises of about 5 % of all cases of tuberculosis in susceptible communities. Intestinal tuberculosis establishes itself in the lymphoid follicles of the Peyer's patches and spreads to the submucosal and subserosal planes. A gastroduodenal location for TB is very rare even in patients with pulmonary TB and gastroduodenal TB lesions are usually secondary.

Case presentation

A 48 year old Ethiopian patient presented with non-bilious, non-projectile vomiting of ingested matter which progressively worsens over time. Associated with this he had burning type of epigastric pain for which he had been treated with antiulcer drugs on multiple occasion, but he had no improvement. The vomiting worsened over the past year and he h

SUBMITTER: Molla YD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10070631 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature