TB Research

Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation

Mehta N, Paudyal MB, Shah S, Chamlagain R, Shrestha M, Mehta A, Bhattarai P

Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2021-12

Abstract

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.