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Iatreia
versión impresa ISSN 0121-0793
Resumen
MONTIEL-JARQUIN, Álvaro José et al. Acute abdomen probably caused by acute tuberculous appendicitis. A case report. Iatreia [online]. 2017, vol.30, n.3, pp.321-325. ISSN 0121-0793. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.iatreia.v30n3a07.
Background:
Acute tuberculous appendicitis is a rare disease. It constitutes from 0.001 % to 0.01 % of the clinical forms of tuberculosis. We present cases of such disease as probably cause for surgical acute abdomen.
Case report:
Male aged 29 with mild to moderate diffuse abdominal pain, which intensified and localized in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, fever, vomiting, malaise, leukocytosis (11,300/µL) and 91 % neutrophils. Appendectomy was performed, the histopathological report was acute appendicitis, Ziehl-Neelsen stain was positive. Three days later he returned home and had no short- or long term complications.
Conclusion:
Acute tuberculous appendicitis is a rare disease that may cause acute abdomen, patients should receive drug treatment to eradicate the cause and have proper epidemiological monitoring.
Palabras clave : Acute abdomen; Appendicitis; Tuberculosis.