Korean Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1993;13(4): 689-692.
위결핵 1예 ( A Case of Gastric Tuberculosis )
박희봉, 백근욱, 임화중, 장웅기, 김동준 (Hee Bong Park, Keun Wook Baik, Hwa Joong Yim, Woong Ki Chang and Dong Joon Kim)
Abstract
Gastric tuberculosis is a rare disease and the diagnoeis of gastric tuberculosis is based on either positive histological or bacteriological study. We experienced a case of gastric tuberculosis with pleural effuaion in 59 year-old woman, diagnosed by the histological study of the endoscopic biopsy specimen. Follow up endoscopic finding revealed marked improvement of gastric lesion after anti-tubercadoua medication. We reported the case with review of literature.