Open AccessAbdominal Tuberculosis: A Diagnostic Dilemma
Author(s) -
Seema Awasthi,
Manoj Saxena,
Faiyaz Ahmad,
Ashutosh Kumar,
Shyamoli Dutta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/13350.5887
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , abdominal pain , anorexia , surgery , gastroenterology , pathology
Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is the sixth most common form of extra-pulmonary site of infection after lymphatic, genitourinary, bone and joint, miliary and meningeal TB with a rising incidence in recent years. TB can affect any part of the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract including anus, peritoneum and hepato-biliary system. The clinical manifestations of abdominal tuberculosis are non-specific and mimic various GI disorders and cause delay in diagnosis and management.