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Title: Multiple Intestinal Strictures with Perforation in a Patient under Antitubercular Treatment for Abdominal Tuberculosis
Authors: Sherpa, M T
Shrestha, R
Limbu, P M
Citation: SherpaM. T., ShresthaR., & LimbuP. M. (2013). Multiple Intestinal Strictures with Perforation in a Patient under Antitubercular Treatment for Abdominal Tuberculosis. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v0i0.363
Issue Date: 2013
Publisher: Nepal Health Research Council
Article Type: Case Study
Keywords: Perforation
Stricture
Tuberculosis
Series/Report no.: Jan-April, 2013;363
Abstract: Abstract Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) constitutes about 12% of the extrapulmonaryTB. Abdominal TB can present with varying signs and symptoms likevague abdominal pain, abdominal mass, ascites and intestinal obstruction. Intestinal perforation is a relatively uncommon but a serious complication of abdominal TB. Antitubercular drugs are considered extremely effective but their role in the presence of a stenotic lesion of the bowel is controversial. Once symptoms of bowel obstruction or peritonitis appear, antitubercular drugs are of little use and surgery is inevitable. We report a case of abdominal TB in a patient under antitubercular treatment who later developed multiple intestinal strictures and a perforation. Keywords:perforation; stricture; tuberculosis.
Description: Case Study
URI: http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/20.500.14356/1837
ISSN: Print ISSN: 1727-5482; Online ISSN: 1999-6217
Appears in Collections:Vol. 11 No. 1 Issue 23 Jan - Apr 2013

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