Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess
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.
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| author | Kelechukwu U. Okoro Maria Gomez De La Espriella Douglas J. Grider Anthony W. Baffoe-Bonnie |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9b89c5f4ca844a7ea2f8debae76561952025-08-20T02:18:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352018-01-01201810.1155/2018/60682586068258Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal AbscessKelechukwu U. Okoro0Maria Gomez De La Espriella1Douglas J. Grider2Anthony W. Baffoe-Bonnie3Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion-School of Medicine and Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Tech Carilion-School of Medicine and Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USADepartment of Pathology, Virginia Tech Carilion-School of Medicine and Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Virginia Tech Carilion-School of Medicine and Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USAMycobacterium 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6068258 |
| spellingShingle | Kelechukwu U. Okoro Maria Gomez De La Espriella Douglas J. Grider Anthony W. Baffoe-Bonnie Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess |
| title_full | Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess |
| title_fullStr | Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess |
| title_short | Tuberculous Enteritis Presenting as Acute Appendicitis and Perirectal Abscess |
| title_sort | tuberculous enteritis presenting as acute appendicitis and perirectal abscess |
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