An Uncommon Case of Chronic Tubercular Appendicitis

Tuberculosis (TB) is a common disease that ranks as the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, after the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, primary TB of the appendix is rare and may or may not be associated with specific clinical features. Thus, diagnosis is m...

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Autor principal: Maharjan, Sushna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26649216
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/534838
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description Tuberculosis (TB) is a common disease that ranks as the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, after the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, primary TB of the appendix is rare and may or may not be associated with specific clinical features. Thus, diagnosis is made only after histopathological examination. It suggests that all surgically removed appendices should be subjected to histopathological examination. This reported case is an uncommon case of chronic tubercular appendicitis.
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spelling pubmed-46632902015-12-08 An Uncommon Case of Chronic Tubercular Appendicitis Maharjan, Sushna Case Rep Pathol Case Report Tuberculosis (TB) is a common disease that ranks as the second leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide, after the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, primary TB of the appendix is rare and may or may not be associated with specific clinical features. Thus, diagnosis is made only after histopathological examination. It suggests that all surgically removed appendices should be subjected to histopathological examination. This reported case is an uncommon case of chronic tubercular appendicitis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4663290/ /pubmed/26649216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/534838 Text en Copyright © 2015 Sushna Maharjan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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