RESUMO
Gastrointestinal tuberculosis continues to occur sporadically in hospitals in the British Isles. Accurate diagnosis may enable its rare but lethal complications to be anticipated. Pathology, clinical features and treatment are reviewed. The use of antituberculous chemotherapy and corticosteroids is discussed with reference to 14 cases of gastrointestinal tuberculosis seen in Southampton between 1951 and 1973.
Assuntos
Tuberculose Gastrointestinal , Corticosteroides/uso terapêutico , Adulto , Antituberculosos/uso terapêutico , Doenças do Ceco/terapia , Doenças do Colo/terapia , Duodenopatias/terapia , Doenças do Esôfago/terapia , Feminino , Humanos , Íleo/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Gastropatias/terapia , Tuberculose Gastrointestinal/patologia , Tuberculose Gastrointestinal/terapia , Tuberculose Pulmonar/complicaçõesRESUMO
Sixteen patients with bird-fancier's lung were screened for evidence of coeliac disease by assessing their clinical features, red-bloodcell or serum folate levels, and serum for reticulin antibodies. Five of nine patients selected for jejunal biopsy showed villous atrophy, and in some this seemed to be a true gluten-sensitive enteropathy.