Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation
Abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, anorexia, and fever are common symptoms of intestinal tuberculosis, while bleeding from the lumen, intestinal obstruction, perforation, and fistula formation are uncommon presentations in ileocaecal tuberculosis. Here, we present a case of a 33-year-old male wi...
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| author | Neha Mehta Man Bahadur Paudyal Sangam Shah Rajan Chamlagain Moon Shrestha Ashish Mehta Prabin Bhattarai |
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| description | Abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, anorexia, and fever are common symptoms of intestinal tuberculosis, while bleeding from the lumen, intestinal obstruction, perforation, and fistula formation are uncommon presentations in ileocaecal tuberculosis. Here, we present a case of a 33-year-old male with intestinal tuberculosis who initially presented with massive bleeding per rectum. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c9db6ab230a54645bec91d2ee0bac0a02025-02-03T05:43:34ZengWileyCase Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine2090-65362021-01-01202110.1155/2021/1161135Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical ManifestationNeha Mehta0Man Bahadur Paudyal1Sangam Shah2Rajan Chamlagain3Moon Shrestha4Ashish Mehta5Prabin Bhattarai6Tribhuvan University Teaching HospitalTribhuvan University Teaching HospitalMaharajgunj Medical CampusTribhuvan University Teaching HospitalTribhuvan University Teaching HospitalBP Koirala Institute of Health SciencesDepartment of Internal MedicineAbdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, anorexia, and fever are common symptoms of intestinal tuberculosis, while bleeding from the lumen, intestinal obstruction, perforation, and fistula formation are uncommon presentations in ileocaecal tuberculosis. Here, we present a case of a 33-year-old male with intestinal tuberculosis who initially presented with massive bleeding per rectum.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1161135 |
| spellingShingle | Neha Mehta Man Bahadur Paudyal Sangam Shah Rajan Chamlagain Moon Shrestha Ashish Mehta Prabin Bhattarai Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine |
| title | Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation |
| title_full | Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation |
| title_fullStr | Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation |
| title_short | Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation |
| title_sort | ileocaecal tuberculosis presenting with massive hematochezia a rare clinical manifestation |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/1161135 |
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