Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess

Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a wide variety of presentations. A rare occurrence is gastrointestinal tuberculosis. It may occur anywhere along the alimentary canal but usually occurs in the ileocecum with rare involvement of the appendix.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Okoro, Kelechukwu U., De La Espriella, Maria Gomez, Grider, Douglas J., Baffoe-Bonnie, Anthony W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5845528/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29560012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6068258
Descripción
Sumario:Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a wide variety of presentations. A rare occurrence is gastrointestinal tuberculosis. It may occur anywhere along the alimentary canal but usually occurs in the ileocecum with rare involvement of the appendix.

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