DIFFUSE PRIMARY TUBERCULOUS ENTEROCOLITIS; A REPORT OF TWO CASES
Authors: H. L. Bockus, H. Tumen, K. Kornbloom
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 February 1940DIFFUSE PRIMARY TUBERCULOUS ENTEROCOLITIS; A REPORT OF TWO CASESH. L. BOCKUS, M.D., F.A.C.P., H. TUMEN, M.D., K. KORNBLOOM, M.D.H. L. BOCKUS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, H. TUMEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, K. KORNBLOOM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-8-1461 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDiffuse ulcerative tuberculosis of the intestines not associated with pulmonary tuberculosis is extremely rare, particularly in the United States. The subject is inadequately treated or completely ignored in most American textbooks and systems of medicine. For these reasons it was deemed advisable to report our experience with two cases, unique because of the extent of intestinal involvement and complete roentgenologic data. 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CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication March 4, 1939.From the Gastroenterologic Division of Internal Medicine, Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHyperplastic tuberculosis of the distal colonGastro-intestinal tuberculosis. 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