Abdominal tuberculosis with massive jejunal haemorrhage

Abdul Rehman Alvi; Tanveer Ul Haq; Amyn Pardhan

Abdominal tuberculosis with massive jejunal haemorrhage

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Abstract

Jejunum is a rare site of involvement in intestinal tuberculosis (TB) and massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage is aneven rare reported condition. The authors report a 15-year-old female student, who presented with fever, anaemia,hypoalbunemia and developed massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage during hospital stay. The diagnosis ofabdominal TB was established on tissue biopsy; tissue culture was positive for Mycobacterium TB. Optimal outcome wasachieved with aggressive resuscitation, repeated mesenteric angio-embolization and anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy.

Original language	English (UK)
Pages (from-to)	509-511
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
Volume	23
Issue number	7
Publication status	Published - 2013

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Abdominal tuberculosis
Intestinal tuberculosis
Massive lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage

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Abdominal tuberculosis with massive jejunal haemorrhage

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