Intra-abdominal lymphatic tuberculosis as a rare case of small intestine volvulus
| Autor: | Filitsa Konstantara, Sotiria Stamopoulou, Ioannis D Gkegkes, Ioannis Kotrogiannis, Eleftherios Fotiou, Christos Papazacharias, Ioannis A Paraskevopoulos, Dimitrios Filippou, Panagiotis Skandalakis |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, Vol 7 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2050-313X 2050313X |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2050313X19844379 |
| Popis: | Tuberculosis used to be uncommon in the developed countries but seems to be still on rampant in developing countries. However, there seems to be an increasing occurrence in the developed countries too mainly due to low living conditions, increased migration, HIV immune-compromisation and inappropriate use of antitubercular drugs. Lymphatic tuberculosis is the second commonest extrapulmonary location of tuberculosis followed by genitourinary, bone and joint, miliary, meningeal and abdominal. Abdominal tuberculosis represents nearly 11%–16% of all extrapulmonary tuberculosis locations. Furthermore, abdominal tuberculosis co-exists with pulmonary tuberculosis in 10%–30% of patients. Abdominal tuberculosis remains difficult to diagnose due to non-specific symptoms, variable anatomical locations and lack of specific sensitive diagnostic tools. Diagnosis can be rarely suspected, especially in cases of isolated abdominal tuberculosis without clinical or radiological findings. We present a rare case of a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis combined with intra-abdominal lymphatic tuberculosis causing small intestine volvulus. |
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