Severe pulmonary tuberculosis complicating Ileocecal intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis: a case report

Shigeki Nakamura¹ , Katsunori Yanagihara¹^,2 , Koichi Izumikawa¹ , Masafumi Seki¹ , Hiroshi Kakeya¹ , Yoshihiro Yamamoto¹ , Yoshitugu Miyazaki¹ , Naofumi Suyama³ and Shigeru Kohno¹^,4

¹Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagasaki, Japan

²Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagasaki, Japan

³Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center, Nagasaki, Japan

⁴Division of Molecular & Clinical Microbiology, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Medical Science, Nagasaki, Japan

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Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2008, 7:16doi:10.1186/1476-0711-7-16


Published:	13 July 2008

Abstract

Adult intussusception is a rare clinical entity that is most often caused by a tumor, such as a lipoma, adenoma, or malignant tumor. A case of adult intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis of the ileocecal region is reported. There are few cases of intussusception due to intestinal tuberculosis.