Intestinal tuberculosis
Homann, C.; Godtfredsen, N.S.; Clementsen, P.S.
Ugeskrift for Laeger 159(39): 5804-5805
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-5782 PMID: 9340887 Document Number: 484054
Since the symptoms and clinical presentation of intestinal tuberculosis is nonspecific, the diagnosis is frequently delayed and may be achieved at autopsy only. Intestinal tuberculosis is very rare in Denmark, but may now be seen more often because of increasing numbers of immigrants from countries of the third world with a high prevalence of tuberculosis. A case of intestinal tuberculosis in a 28 year old Somalian female is reported. Methods of diagnosing intestinal tuberculosis are commented, and the frequent necessity of starting medical treatment before a bacteriological diagnosis is reached is emphasized.