Acute abdomen probably caused by acute tuberculous appendicitis. A case report
| Autor: | Montiel-Jarquín, Álvaro José, Alvarado-Ortega, Iván, Romero-Figueroa, María del Socorro, Rodríguez-Pérez, Fabiola, Rodríguez-Lima, Felipe, Loria-Castellanos, Jorge |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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| Zdroj: | Iatreia, Vol 30, Iss 3, Pp 321-325 (2017) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0121-0793 2011-7965 |
| DOI: | 10.17533/udea.iatreia.v30n3a07 |
| Popis: | Background: Acute tuberculous appendicitis is a rare disease. It constitutes from 0.001 % to 0.01 % of the clinical forms of tuberculosis. We present cases of such disease as probably cause for surgical acute abdomen. Case report: Male aged 29 with mild to moderate diffuse abdominal pain, which intensified and localized in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, fever, vomiting, malaise, leukocytosis (11,300/µL) and 91 % neutrophils. Appendectomy was performed, the histopathological report was acute appendicitis, Ziehl-Neelsen stain was positive. Three days later he returned home and had no short- or long term complications. Conclusion: Acute tuberculous appendicitis is a rare disease that may cause acute abdomen, patients should receive drug treatment to eradicate the cause and have proper epidemiological monitoring. |
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