Inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosis
We report the case of a 41 year-old male who came to the emergency room with a complaint of abdominal pain, and was diagnosed to have an acute obstructive abdomen due to a right inguinal hernia incarceration. During surgery, an intestinal granulomatous inflammation was observed adhered to the hernia...
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| author | Mellyssande Faccin Soraia Rachid Youssef Valeria Mozetic Wilson Roberto Catapani |
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| description | We report the case of a 41 year-old male who came to the emergency room with a complaint of abdominal pain, and was diagnosed to have an acute obstructive abdomen due to a right inguinal hernia incarceration. During surgery, an intestinal granulomatous inflammation was observed adhered to the hernial sac.The histopathologic study confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis. We present a review of the different clinical forms of intestinal tuberculosis and the difficulties encounted in the differential diagnosis of such, emphasizing the uncommon presentation described in our patient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45ec809d5e4d4106981a0e24f91096a42022-12-22T00:02:38ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-946011411097109910.1590/S1516-31801996000100007S1516-31801996000100007Inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosisMellyssande Faccin0Soraia Rachid Youssef1Valeria Mozetic2Wilson Roberto Catapani3University Foundation of ABCUniversity Foundation of ABCUniversity Foundation of ABCUniversity Foundation of ABCWe report the case of a 41 year-old male who came to the emergency room with a complaint of abdominal pain, and was diagnosed to have an acute obstructive abdomen due to a right inguinal hernia incarceration. During surgery, an intestinal granulomatous inflammation was observed adhered to the hernial sac.The histopathologic study confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis. We present a review of the different clinical forms of intestinal tuberculosis and the difficulties encounted in the differential diagnosis of such, emphasizing the uncommon presentation described in our patient.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801996000100007&lng=en&tlng=enAbdominal tuberculosisAcute abdomenInguinal hernia |
| spellingShingle | Mellyssande Faccin Soraia Rachid Youssef Valeria Mozetic Wilson Roberto Catapani Inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosis São Paulo Medical Journal Abdominal tuberculosis Acute abdomen Inguinal hernia |
| title | Inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosis |
| title_full | Inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosis |
| title_fullStr | Inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosis |
| title_short | Inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosis |
| title_sort | inguinal hernia incarceration as a form of intestinal tuberculosis |
| topic | Abdominal tuberculosis Acute abdomen Inguinal hernia |
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