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ArticleCase reports in gastrointestinal medicine2018

Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis Presenting as Malnutrition and Distal Colonic Bowel Obstruction.

Raja Chandra Chakinala, Zahava C Farkas, Benjamin Barbash, Khwaja F Haq, Shantanu Solanki, Muhammad Ali Khan, Edward Esses, Taliya Farooq, Brad Dworkin

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Article in Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Raja Chandra ChakinalaMedicine, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8547-2917
Zahava C FarkasMedicine, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1795-7282
Benjamin BarbashDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Diseases, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Khwaja F HaqMedicine, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Shantanu SolankiMedicine, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Muhammad Ali KhanDivision of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
Edward EssesDepartment of Radiology, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Taliya FarooqDepartment of Pathology, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Brad DworkinDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Diseases, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal (GI) tuberculosis (TB) is rare and can occur in the context of active pulmonary disease or as a primary infection with no pulmonary symptoms. It typically presents with vague abdominal symptoms, making it difficult to discern from alternative disease processes. Although the ileocecal region is the most commonly affected site, tuberculous enteritis can involve any aspect of the GI tract. To demonstrate the importance of maintaining a high clinical suspicion for the disease, we present a case of GI TB presenting as severe malnutrition and segmental colitis of the left colon.

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PMCPMC5848136

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