ABSTRACT
A 35-year-old emaciated woman presented with bleeding per rectum with mucoid stool due to a rectal growth which clinically mimicked carcinoma rectum. Anterior resection and biopsy of the resected specimen proved the case to be one of rectal tuberculosis.
Subject(s)
Adult , Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use , Diagnosis, Differential , Female , Humans , Rectal Diseases/diagnosis , Rectal Neoplasms/diagnosis , Rectum/pathology , Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal/diagnosisABSTRACT
BNM, a 40 years Hindu male presented with history of intermittent fainting attacks and had increase in body weight for last 2 years. He used to take a lot of sweets to recover from the attact. His body wht was 100 kg. His fasting blood sugar was 50 mg/dl and insulin glucose (I/G) ratio was 0.6. CT scan of abdoman showed one solitary tumour in the body of pancreas near its tail. Laparotomy was done. The tumour was found to be a benign insulinoma on microscopic examination. Though the postoperative period was uneventful but he succumbed probably due to pulmonay embolism.