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Multiple Intestinal Perforations As a Primary Manifestation of Abdominal Tuberculosis in a Hiv-Infected Patient Publisher



Sarrami AH1 ; Sharifi M1 ; Ahsan M1 ; Afsharmoghaddam N1
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  1. 1. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Journal of Surgical Case Reports Published:2010


Abstract

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. © 2012 JSCR.