A Case of Colonic carcinoma and Tuberculosis of Abdomen - A Coexistent : A Case report

G. UTHIRAKUMAR; JOTHIRAMALINGAM

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

A Case of Colonic carcinoma and Tuberculosis of Abdomen - A Coexistent : A Case report

G. Uthirakumar, Jothiramalingam

Abstract :

Carcinoma and Tuberculosis of the bowel are fairly common conditions. Distal large bowel is common site for carcinoma Terminal Ileum or Ileo-caecal region are common sites for Tuberculosis. A 50 year old female evaluated for altered bowel habits and bleeding per anum.She had a ulceroproliferative lesion in splenic flexure and Mural thickening of caecum.She underwent left hemicolectomy and biopsy from the caecal wall. Histopathology shows Adenocarcinoma colon and Granulomatous lesion in Caecum. A coexistence of Carcinoma colon and tuberculosis being a rarity, presented here. This is a rare finding and it is discussed whether a dampened immune response by the cancer allowed a latent tuberculosis infection to become active or vice versa.