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This is a case report of a 35-year-old female who presented with acute intestinal obstruction initially diagnosed as ileocaecal tuberculosis. She was submitted to exploratory laparotomy with a right hemicolectomy for a non-passable ileocaecal mass. Histopathology showed colon cancer with tuberculosis both in the colon as well as the mesenteric lymph node. In addition to its pathological rarity, this case is of particular interest, because it highlights the diagnostic dilemma and therapeutic challenge associated with such a condition.
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Poddar, D., Singh, P.K., Patel, G. et al. A rare case of coexistent carcinoma of the colon with tuberculosis. Hellenic J Surg 88, 360–363 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13126-016-0347-1
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