AbsractWe are presenting a case of abdominal tuberculosis who had peritonitis and twolarge enteroliths were removed from the small intestine during laparotomy. Followinga full course of medical treatment, she developed small bowel obstruction andtreated by laparotomy & enterolysis but showed no evidence of stricture. We had adiagnostic and management challenge which will be discussed along with...

Tuberculosis peritonitis is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. The results of gallium-67 scintigraphy of three patients with tuberculosis peritonitis were reviewed to assess its usefulness in the diagnosis of this condition. Tuberculosis peritonitis was associated with diffuse or focal abdominal localization and decreased hepatic accumulation of gallium-67. These gallium-67 sc...

OBJECTIVE To document the epidemiologic profile and management outcome of patients with abdominal tuberculosis in a tertiary care setup. METHODS This descriptive case series was conducted at the Department of Surgery, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, between January 2003 and December 2008. All adult patients of either gender who presented with abdominal tuberculosis a...

BACKGROUND Extrapulmonary tuberculosis has vague symptoms and few signs. It is essential to recognize and diagnose this curable disease prior to performing definitive surgery. Newer tests such as DNA or RNA amplification allow for early diagnosis but have limitations. CASE We report a case of peritoneal tuberculosis in an immigrant woman. She had vague symptoms of low-grade fever, mild abdomi...

Background: Peritoneal Tuberculosis is an abdominal form of that affects the peritoneal cavity and enclosed organs. Clinical presentation this rare extrapulmonary tuberculosis resembles advanced ovarian cancer may results in unnecessary extensive surgery especially resource limited setting. Case presentation: A case a 36 years old prisoner who presented to us with gradual onset distension for o...

BACKGROUND Despite recent improvements in medical treatments, the incidence of abdominal tuberculosis (ATB) in the United Kingdom has increased over the past two decades. This case series examined the difficulties encountered in correctly diagnosing this infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was undertaken, reviewing the records of 36 patients diagnosed with ATB from 2000 to 2...

Endoscopic ultrasound gives high resolution images of the mediastinum and abdominal organ improves visualization for obtaining tissue sample cytology. In our study 112 subjects underwent EUS guided FNAC, out them 51 were diagnosed as carcinoma (45.5%), 15 tuberculosis (13.39%), reactive adenitis is 13 (11.6%), other benign disease 27 (24.1%). So overall diagnosis we made in (106/112) (94.6%). 6...

which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Tuberculosis is a global problem. According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people are currently infected with tuberculosis bacilli and 1.7 million deaths attributed to TB in 2006 (1). TB usually occurs in lung and other form of it like primary abdomi...

Background: In developing countries like India, where poverty, malnutrition and overcrowding prevail, tuberculosis continues to be one of the important causes of morbidity, mortality and loss of working man hours. Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) can affect the gastrointestinal tract, the peritoneum, lymph nodes of the small bowel mesentery or the solid viscera (e.g. liver, spleen, pancreas etc) Pat...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic potential of immunohistochemistry using an antibody to the secreted mycobacterial antigen MPT64, in abdominal and lymph node tuberculosis. METHODS We used formalin-fixed histologically diagnosed abdominal tuberculosis (n = 33) and cervical tuberculous lymphadenitis (n = 120) biopsies. These were investigated using a combination o...