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Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix: A Rare Cause of a Common Disease
Tuberculosis is still a common infection in India. Although the ileocecal region is the most affected part in intestinal tuberculosis, acute tuberculous appendicitis is quite a rare entity. Our case report highlights a rare presentation of tuberculosis and a brief review of literature.
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3889001/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470848 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.118619 |
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| author | Sharath Chandra, B. J. Girish, T. U. Thrishuli, P. B. Vinay, H. G. |
| author_facet | Sharath Chandra, B. J. Girish, T. U. Thrishuli, P. B. Vinay, H. G. |
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| description | Tuberculosis is still a common infection in India. Although the ileocecal region is the most affected part in intestinal tuberculosis, acute tuberculous appendicitis is quite a rare entity. Our case report highlights a rare presentation of tuberculosis and a brief review of literature. |
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| spelling | pubmed-38890012014-01-27 Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix: A Rare Cause of a Common Disease Sharath Chandra, B. J. Girish, T. U. Thrishuli, P. B. Vinay, H. G. J Surg Tech Case Rep Case Report Tuberculosis is still a common infection in India. Although the ileocecal region is the most affected part in intestinal tuberculosis, acute tuberculous appendicitis is quite a rare entity. Our case report highlights a rare presentation of tuberculosis and a brief review of literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3889001/ /pubmed/24470848 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.118619 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Surgical Technique and Case Report http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| spellingShingle | Case Report Sharath Chandra, B. J. Girish, T. U. Thrishuli, P. B. Vinay, H. G. Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix: A Rare Cause of a Common Disease |
| title | Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix: A Rare Cause of a Common Disease |
| title_full | Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix: A Rare Cause of a Common Disease |
| title_fullStr | Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix: A Rare Cause of a Common Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix: A Rare Cause of a Common Disease |
| title_short | Primary Tuberculosis of the Appendix: A Rare Cause of a Common Disease |
| title_sort | primary tuberculosis of the appendix: a rare cause of a common disease |
| topic | Case Report |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3889001/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24470848 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2006-8808.118619 |
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