Tuberculous colon perforation mimicking acute appendicitis: A case report and review of the literature

Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical condition encountered in the pediatric age group but the clinical presentation could be misleading. This highlights the importance of exploratory laparotomy even in the absence of systemic manifestations in order not to miss a serious underlying patholo...

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Autores principales: Nahida, El‐Rifai, Hassan, Harissi, Nabil, Daoud, Emmanuelle, Leteurtre, Frédéric, Gottrand
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6230600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30455912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1795
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Sumario:Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical condition encountered in the pediatric age group but the clinical presentation could be misleading. This highlights the importance of exploratory laparotomy even in the absence of systemic manifestations in order not to miss a serious underlying pathology such as intestinal tuberculosis.

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