Τίτλος:
Intra-abdominal lymphatic tuberculosis as a rare case of small intestine
volvulus
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
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.
Συγγραφείς:
Konstantara, Filitsa
Stamopoulou, Sotiria
Gkegkes, Ioannis D.
and Kotrogiannis, Ioannis
Fotiou, Eleftherios
Papazacharias,
Christos
Paraskevopoulos, Ioannis A.
Filippou, Dimitrios and
Skandalakis, Panagiotis
Περιοδικό:
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Εκδότης:
SAGE Publications Inc.
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Tuberculosis; abdominal; volvulus; small intestine; ileus
DOI:
10.1177/2050313X19844379
