CASE REPORT ON ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS-A RARE PRESENTATION
R J Bhavna, Mohammed Hidayath Hussain, Hina Afreen, Mansoora Tasneem, Sumayya Afreen
INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH · 2023-06
Abstract
Abdominal tuberculosis is a rare condition in developed nations and can be challenging to diagnose.it generally can occur as a chronic condition often mimicking other diseases such as crohn's disease and can present itself with acute onset ,which can be life threatening.it can occur as a primary infection without evidence of pulmonary infection . Female genital tract is also a rare form of extra pulmonary tuberculosis.it can present as number of abdominopelvic symptoms .we report a case of abdominal tuberculosis which is a rare presentation in 16 year old female presented with abdominal pain.
MeSH terms
- Medicine
- Presentation (obstetrics)
- Tuberculosis
- Abdominal tuberculosis
- Rare disease
- Abdominal pain
- Disease
- Acute abdominal pain
- Genital tract
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Surgery
- Dermatology