Primary tuberculous appendicitis presented with caecal perforation:A case report

作     者：Elamurugan TP Sivashanker M Suresh Kumar S Muthukumarassamy R Vikram Kate 

作者机构：Department and Institution/Department of surgeryJawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research(JIPMER)PuducherryIndia 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2012年第5卷第10期

页      面：834-836页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100210[医学-外科学(含：普外、骨外、泌尿外、胸心外、神外、整形、烧伤、野战外)] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Appendicular tuberculosis Intestinal tuberculosis Caecal peroration TB Abdomen 

摘      要：Gastrointestinal tuberculosis accounts for 3%of the extrapulmonary tuberculosis with ileocaecal region being the common site of involvement up to 75%.Primary involvement of appendix is very rare and accounts for only 0.6%to 2.9%of gastrointestinal tuberculosis in the absence tubercular focus *** pre-operative investigations usually give non-specific results. The diagnosis in most instances made only after *** we report a case of primary appendicular tuberculosis in a patient presented with caecal perforation.