Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patient
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...
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| author | Amir Hossein Sarrami Mohsen Sharifi Majid Ahsan Noushin Afsharmoghaddam |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-012c1a2dbdf6467cb211f061af3935da2022-12-21T18:24:13ZengOxford University PressJournal of Surgical Case Reports2042-88122010-12-01107Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patientAmir Hossein SarramiMohsen SharifiMajid AhsanNoushin AfsharmoghaddamAbdominal 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.http://jscr.co.uk/2010/12/colorectal-surgery/multiple-intestinal-perforations-as-a-primary-manifestation-of-abdominal-tuberculosis-in-a-hiv-infected-patient/tuberculosisabdomenpainemergency |
| spellingShingle | Amir Hossein Sarrami Mohsen Sharifi Majid Ahsan Noushin Afsharmoghaddam Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patient Journal of Surgical Case Reports tuberculosis abdomen pain emergency |
| title | Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patient |
| title_full | Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patient |
| title_fullStr | Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patient |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patient |
| title_short | Multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a HIV-infected patient |
| title_sort | multiple intestinal perforations as a primary manifestation of abdominal tuberculosis in a hiv infected patient |
| topic | tuberculosis abdomen pain emergency |
| url | http://jscr.co.uk/2010/12/colorectal-surgery/multiple-intestinal-perforations-as-a-primary-manifestation-of-abdominal-tuberculosis-in-a-hiv-infected-patient/ |
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