Colonic tuberculosis masquerading as colonic carcinoma 

• Author Details:   
• Dhiraj B Nikumbh ^*
• Parvez Mujawar
• Roopali D Nikumbh

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Tuberculosis is leading cause death in developing countries. Extra pulmonary tuberculosis constitutes 30% of cases and in that abdominal tuberculosis is increased now a days. Abdominal tuberculosis and colonic carcinoma carry similar clinical and radiological profile hence such mimickers are difficult to diagnose and treat subsequently.

We encountered a 45 years female presented with chronic abdominal pain and fever with clinical suspicious of colonic cancer.USG abdomen showed ulceroinfitrative lesions with strictures s/o malignancy in ascending colon. Right hemicolectomy reveals abdominal tuberculosis. We highlight the importance of early, prompt diagnosis and histopathological diagnosis of mimickers of colonic cancers.