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Case Reports
. 2021 Mar 29;9(5):e04101.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4101. eCollection 2021 May.

Ileocecal and hepatic tuberculosis mimicking a metastatic cecal malignancy: Case report

Imen Ben Ismail  1 , Saber Rebii  1 , Hamadi Ben Chaabane  1 , Zenaidi Hakim  1 , Ayoub Zoghlami  1
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Ileocecal and hepatic tuberculosis mimicking a metastatic cecal malignancy: Case report

Imen Ben Ismail et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

We wish to highlight that on encountering a suspicious hepatic and a colonic lesion, the possibility of TB should also be kept in mind apart from the obvious possibility of metastasis of a colonic cancer especially in an endemic country like Tunisia.

Keywords: case report; colonic cancer; gastrointestinal tuberculosis; ileocecal tuberculosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

Authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Computed tomography of the abdomen showing circumferential wall thickening of the cecum (red arrow) with fat infiltration and enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Hypodense lesion in segment VIII of the liver suggestive of metastasis (red arrow) with the ileocoecal mass (white arrow)
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Hypodense lesions in segment VIII and IV of the liver suggestive of metastasis (red arrows)
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
Cut section of a lymph node showing white necrosis
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