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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Digestive Endoscopy 2015; 6(03): 130-132
DOI: 10.4103/0976-5042.165723
Case Report
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy

Primary gastric tuberculosis mimicking a submucosal tumor

Vishal Sharma
Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Surinder Singh Rana
Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Deepak Gunjan
Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Puneet Chhabra
Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Ravi Sharma
Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Deepak K. Bhasin
Department of Gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Publication Date:
01 October 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Gastric tuberculosis is very rare and is usually associated with pulmonary tuberculosis. Endoscopically, it usually resembles peptic ulcer disease or malignancy. We present a 28-year-old female who had a submucosal lesion in the body of the stomach that mimicked a submucosal tumor. Endoscopic ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration yielded caseous material, and the cytological examination confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Key words

Endosonography - fine needle aspiration - peptic ulcer disease - tuberculosis
 

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