[Gastric tuberculosis in an elderly patient:a case report].

A woman in her 70s presented to our hospital with epigastric pain, back pain, and weight loss. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy was performed, and numerous protuberances, which were suspected to be submucosal tumors, were found at the gastric corpus. The patient was diagnosed with gastric tuberculosis based on the biopsy results of these protuberances. Histopathological analysis demonstrated non-caseating epithelioid granuloma. A positive culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was also obtained on gastric juice analysis and confirmed using polymerase chain reaction assay. In the rapidly aging population in Japan, our findings emphasize on the importance of differentiating gastrointestinal tuberculosis, including gastric tuberculosis, from other diseases. This case may provide information about the development of gastric tuberculosis.