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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14356/1837| Title: | Multiple Intestinal Strictures with Perforation in a Patient under Antitubercular Treatment for Abdominal Tuberculosis |
| Authors: | Sherpa, M T Shrestha, R Limbu, P M |
| Citation: | SherpaM. T., ShresthaR., & LimbuP. M. (2013). Multiple Intestinal Strictures with Perforation in a Patient under Antitubercular Treatment for Abdominal Tuberculosis. Journal of Nepal Health Research Council. https://doi.org/10.33314/jnhrc.v0i0.363 |
| Issue Date: | 2013 |
| Publisher: | Nepal Health Research Council |
| Article Type: | Case Study |
| Keywords: | Perforation Stricture Tuberculosis |
| Series/Report no.: | Jan-April, 2013;363 |
| Abstract: | Abstract Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) constitutes about 12% of the extrapulmonaryTB. Abdominal TB can present with varying signs and symptoms likevague abdominal pain, abdominal mass, ascites and intestinal obstruction. Intestinal perforation is a relatively uncommon but a serious complication of abdominal TB. Antitubercular drugs are considered extremely effective but their role in the presence of a stenotic lesion of the bowel is controversial. Once symptoms of bowel obstruction or peritonitis appear, antitubercular drugs are of little use and surgery is inevitable. We report a case of abdominal TB in a patient under antitubercular treatment who later developed multiple intestinal strictures and a perforation. Keywords:perforation; stricture; tuberculosis. |
| Description: | Case Study |
| URI: | http://103.69.126.140:8080/handle/20.500.14356/1837 |
| ISSN: | Print ISSN: 1727-5482; Online ISSN: 1999-6217 |
| Appears in Collections: | Vol. 11 No. 1 Issue 23 Jan - Apr 2013 |
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