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Rectal tuberculosis: A rare cause of recurrent rectal suppuration
Author(s) -
Samarasekera D. N.,
Nanayakkara P. R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
colorectal disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.029
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1463-1318
pISSN - 1462-8910
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01479.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rectum , tuberculosis , surgery , disease , psychological intervention , rare disease , rectal diseases , anal canal , radiology , pathology , psychiatry
Tuberculosis affecting the rectum is a rare extra‐pulmonary form of the disease that needs recognition, because it requires specific treatment and avoids multiple, unwarranted surgical interventions. The following discussion is centred on a case of rectal tuberculosis, a disease that rarely affects the anorectal region. The condition was diagnosed on histology and was successfully treated medically with complete resolution.