Ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding

Massive rectal bleeding is an uncommon presentation of ileal tuberculosis. Fewer than 12 cases are reported in the literature. We report a case of ileal tuberculosis presenting at the emergency department with subacute intestinal obstruction and severe rectal bleeding. The case of the massive bleedi...

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Autores principales: Kela, Manoj, Agrawal, Ashish, Sharma, Rajesh, Agarwal, Rajeev, Agarwal, Vinita B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21694836
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author Kela, Manoj
Agrawal, Ashish
Sharma, Rajesh
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Agarwal, Vinita B
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description Massive rectal bleeding is an uncommon presentation of ileal tuberculosis. Fewer than 12 cases are reported in the literature. We report a case of ileal tuberculosis presenting at the emergency department with subacute intestinal obstruction and severe rectal bleeding. The case of the massive bleeding could be identified only after an exploratory laparotomy.
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spelling pubmed-31086382011-06-21 Ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding Kela, Manoj Agrawal, Ashish Sharma, Rajesh Agarwal, Rajeev Agarwal, Vinita B Clin Exp Gastroenterol Case Report Massive rectal bleeding is an uncommon presentation of ileal tuberculosis. Fewer than 12 cases are reported in the literature. We report a case of ileal tuberculosis presenting at the emergency department with subacute intestinal obstruction and severe rectal bleeding. The case of the massive bleeding could be identified only after an exploratory laparotomy. Dove Medical Press 2009-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3108638/ /pubmed/21694836 Text en © 2009 Kela et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kela, Manoj
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Agarwal, Rajeev
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Ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding
title Ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding
title_full Ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding
title_fullStr Ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding
title_full_unstemmed Ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding
title_short Ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding
title_sort ileal tuberculosis presenting as a case of massive rectal bleeding
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21694836
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