Korean J Gastroenterol.  2007 Oct;50(4):277-279.

A Case of Acute Appendicitis due to Intestinal Stricture after Intestinal Tuberculosis Treatment

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Guri, Korea. hands@hanyang.ac.kr

Abstract

Intestinal hemorrhage, perforation, obstruction, and fistula formation are the common complications associated with intestinal tuberculosis. However, these complications usually occurr in active stage of intestinal tuberculosis. A 45-year-old man was diagnosed as intestinal tuberculosis and received anti-tuberculosis medications for 9 months. After the end of treatment, intestinal lesion was cured. However a deformed appendiceal orifice due to hypertrophic sear resulting in symptomatic appendictis was noted. We report a case of acute appendicitis due to intestinal stricture after the successful treatment of intestinal tuberculosis.

Keyword

Appendicitis; Intestinal tuberculosis

MeSH Terms

Acute Disease
Antitubercular Agents/therapeutic use
Appendicitis/*diagnosis/etiology/surgery
Colonoscopy
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal/complications/*drug therapy
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