Introduction:
Abdominal tuberculosis can affect many organs in the peritoneal cavity
such as the gastrointestinal tract, peritoneum, lymph nodes, spleen, and
liver ..it can affect one organ or many in combination[1].
Gastrointestinal tuberculosis presentation is varied depending on the
site which is involved [2]. Its diagnosis is specifically difficult
and this is explained by differential diagnoses that can mimic the
various manifestations of gastrointestinal TB, including infectious and
noninfectious causes[3]. Tuberculosis of the stomach is the rarest
form and it is generally misdiagnosed because it can mimic a gastric
tumor[4].
We report here a case of mesenteric tuberculous lymphadenitis that had
involved the gastric wall and had mimicked a gastric submucosal tumor
with no evidence of tuberculosis elsewhere.