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A case of acute segmental inflammation of the terminal ileum in a female patient, who presented with signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis is reported. She had an associated bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis. The role of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the etiology of the segmental ileal disease, and the relationship of the acute disease of the ileum to Crohn's disease is discussed. Henoch's purpura whose intestinal manifestations may mimic acute regional ileitis is discussed in the differential diagnosis.
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PMID:Acute regional ileitis with concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis. 716 Oct 2

Both of tuberculous mesenteric lymphadenitis and tuberculous peritonitis are now rather rare in parallel with the decrease of the incidence of tuberculosis as a whole. Here, we report a case of tuberculous mesenteric lymphadenitis complicated with tuberculous peritonitis. A 28-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with pulmonary tuberculosis. Antituberculous chemotherapy was started and his chest X-ray findings were improved. After 11 weeks of the treatment, high fever of 39.0 degrees C developed suddenly and he complained right lower abdominal pain. During laparotomy performed on suspicion of acute appendicitis, swelling of mesenteric lymph-nodes, numerous miliary tubercles on mesentery and turbid ascites were noticed. Diagnoses of tuberculous mesenteric lymphadenitis and tuberculous peritonitis were confirmed by bacteriological and histological examinations of lymph-nodes and tubercles. Ileocecal resection was performed and clinical course after the surgery was favourable.
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PMID:[A case of tuberculous mesenteric lymphadenitis and peritonitis with symptoms of acute abdomen]. 769 78

Tuberculosis may affect primarily all organs and tissues of the body, although some of these show high immunity against the infection. The most common forms of non-pulmonary tuberculosis are tuberculosis of bones and joints (30%), urinary system (24%), lymph nodes (13%), sexual organs (8%), cerebrospinal meninges (4%), and alimentary system (3%). Especially, the commonest presentation of abdominal tuberculosis is ileocecal disease, but isolated appendicular involvement is also rarely seen, occurring in only 1.5% to 3% of cases in the absence of pulmonary or other abdominal involvement. The appendix may either be involved secondary to ileocecal tuberculosis, or to tuberculosis at another site within the abdomen, or may occur in the even, rarer "isolated" form, without the evidence of disease elsewhere. We report a case of acute appendicitis underwent appendectomy and histopathologic examination of appendix revealed appendicular tuberculosis.
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PMID:[A case of appendicular tuberculosis presenting as acute appendicitis]. 1815 77

Acute tubercular appendicitis has remained a rare disease despite frequent cases of tuberculosis. The following study reports a patient with multidrug-resistant (MDR) pulmonary tuberculosis that developed acute appendicitis. Histopathology of the appendix was compatible with tuberculosis. The patient had a good outcome after surgery and medical therapy.
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PMID:Multidrug-resistant tubercular appendicitis: Report of a case. 2678 27

Double localization of tuberculosis is a rare finding among immunocompetent patients. Intestinal tuberculosis is a rare condition and its diagnosis remains a challenge to the physician. We present the case of a 21 year old male patient with intestinal tuberculosis in which the first manifestation was an acute appendicitis. Ultrasound findings were an abscessed appendicular mass. The surgical intervention found a granulomatous aspect of the peritoneum and total necrosis of the appendix. Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis and the pulmonary radiography detected the concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis.
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PMID:Tuberculous appendicitis. A case report. 2884 3