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Mesenteric Tuberculosis with Jejunal Infiltration

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A 69-year-old female was admitted to our hospital because of asthenia, anorexia and 20 kg weight loss. An ultrasound study and computerized tomography (CT) imaging revealed a mesenteric mass and laparotomy was performed. The diagnosis was mesenteric tuberculosis with jejunal involvement. This represents an atypical onset of tuberculosis in a non-immunosuppressed patient.

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  1. Dept. of Internal Medicine, San Carlos University Hospital, C/Prof. Martin Lagos, E-28040 Madrid, Spain; Phone (+34/91) 330-3802, e-mail: jose_nuevo@hotmail.com, Spain

    J. A. Nuevo, M. Ruiz, E. Pintor & J. Gonzalez-Castillo

  2. Dept. of Oncology, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, Spain

    B. Loboff & C. Perezagua

  3. Dept. of Radiology, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, Spain

    J. Borrego

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  1. J. A. Nuevo
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Received: July 19, 2001 · Revision accepted: February 9, 2002

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Nuevo, J., Loboff, B., Borrego, J. et al. Mesenteric Tuberculosis with Jejunal Infiltration. Infection 30, 98–100 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-002-2116-z

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