Colonic Tuberculosis Mimicking Colonic Cancer a Multidisciplinary Diagnosis

Yerakley F, Tadele AK, Getnet G, Wodajo AA, Gemechu MT, Ayele MM, Tegengne KM and Ebrahim AU

Department of Pathology, Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa University

^*Correspondance to: Abraham Kassahun Tadele 

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Abstract:

Colonic tuberculosis is rare and can be mistaken for malignancy. It presents with vague clinical and radiological picture making the diagnosis challenging for the clinicians, this case illustrates a 40-year-old man who presented with crampy lower abdominal pain and diagnosed as a colonic cancer both on imaging and clinically which later found to have colonic tuberculosis on a colectomy histopathologic sample.

Keywords:

Colon; Tuberculosis; Carcinoma

Cite the Article:

Yerakley F, Tadele AK, Getnet G, Wodajo AA, Gemechu MT, Ayele MM, Tegengne KM and Ebrahim AU. Colonic Tuberculosis Mimicking Colonic Cancer a Multidisciplinary Diagnosis. Clin Oncol. 2024;9:2108..