Intestinal tuberculosis: diagnostic challenge case report

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Karen Wedel Herrera
Mariana Villalobos Herrera
Sylvia Molina Mainieri
Pablo Goyenaga Castro

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This paper presents the clinic case of a 27-year-old patient in the San Juan de Dios Hospital in 2015, with previous diagnosis of recurrent Bartholino cyst, later diagnosed with persistent vulvar granuloma with fistula formation and verrucous lesion on rectal examination, finally diagnosed with intestinal TB with vulvar fistula.

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Wedel HerreraK., Villalobos HerreraM., Molina MainieriS., & Goyenaga CastroP. (2020). Intestinal tuberculosis: diagnostic challenge case report. Acta Académica, 66(Mayo), 139-148. Retrieved from http://encuestas.uaca.ac.cr/index.php/actas/article/view/347
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