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Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess.

Kelechukwu U OkoroMaria Gomez De La EspriellaDouglas J GriderAnthony W Baffoe-Bonnie
Published in: Case reports in medicine (2018)
Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a wide variety of presentations. A rare occurrence is gastrointestinal tuberculosis. It may occur anywhere along the alimentary canal but usually occurs in the ileocecum with rare involvement of the appendix.
Keyphrases
  • mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • pulmonary tuberculosis
  • risk assessment
  • emergency department
  • human immunodeficiency virus