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- Title
Concomitant Tuberculosis and Carcinoma Colon: Coincidence or Causal Nexus?
- Authors
Chakravartty, Saurav; Chattopadhyay, Gautam; Ray, Dipankar; Choudhury, Chandan Roy; Mandal, Subhayan
- Abstract
Two rare cases of adenocarcinoma of the caecum and ascending colon concomitant with tuberculosis at the same site are reported. The plausibility of an aetiological relationship between the two pathological conditions has been discussed along with a review of the relevant literature. Tuberculosis complicating malignant disease is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge; and the likelihood of the two occurring together should be kept in mind especially in tuberculosis endemic areas and in patients with equivocal symptoms.
- Subjects
TUBERCULOSIS; COLON cancer; ETIOLOGY of diseases; INTESTINAL diseases
- Publication
Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology, 2010, Vol 16, Issue 4, p292
- ISSN
1319-3767
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/1319-3767.70619