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  • Title: Left colon stenosis caused by tuberculosis.
    Author: de Jesus LE, Marques AM, Rocha MS, Brom BR, Siqueira RR.
    Journal: J Pediatr Surg; 2004 Oct; 39(10):e5-7. PubMed ID: 15486882.
    Abstract:
    The authors present a case of intestinal tuberculosis affecting exclusively the left colon causing severe undernourishment, abdominal pain, and bowel obstruction with a sealed colonic fistula in a 10-year-old child. These clinical characteristics and difficulties led to a diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis in childhood. Intestinal tuberculosis affecting exclusively the colon is very rare, and differential diagnosis with Crohn's disease is difficult. Surgical complications are frequent, especially intestinal obstruction, and can be treated in most cases by resection of the affected segment and primary anastomosis.
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