Intestinal tuberculosis, without any evidence of pulmonary or tubercuious infection elsewhere in the body, is still a rare case. Sometimes it is very difficult to make an early and prompt diagnosis for this, because clinical manifestations are varied, unspecific, and mimic other diseases. Examinations, including chest x-ray, tubercuiln test, acid-fast stained smear; endoscopic and histoogical findings may still be inconclusive. Thus, therapeutic trials of anti-tuberculous drugs are advised.
We report a case of intestinal tuberculosis with a chief clinical manifestation of chronic diarrhea. There was no evidence of tuberculous infection eisewhere in the body Endoscopic appearance and histological findings were atypical and unspecific. The patient was given anti-tubercuious drugs and responded very welt clinically within 2 weeks.