Artigo Acesso aberto Revisado por pares

Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patient

2010; Oxford University Press; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jscr/2010.10.7

ISSN

2042-8812

Autores

Amir Hossein Sarrami, Mohsen Sharifi, Majid Ahsan, Noushin Afshar-Moghaddam,

Tópico(s)

Amoebic Infections and Treatments

Resumo

Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is the sixth commonest extra-pulmonary TB form after lymphatic, genitourinary, bone and joint, miliary and meningeal tuberculosis. Perforation is a serious and uncommon complication of abdominal tuberculosis which can occur even during the treatment. A 30-year-old man was admitted with a three-day history of abdominal pain who had emergency surgery for multiple perforations of the distal ileum.

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