Duodenal perforation in a 14-year-old boy with abdominal tuberculosis despite being on antituberculous treatment

Duodenal perforation in a 14-year-old boy with abdominal tuberculosis despite being on antituberculous treatment

We are presenting a case of a 14-year-old male patient with known history of abdominal tuberculosis on medication for 4 months with frank peritonitis and air under the diaphragm found to have primary perforation of the duodenum due to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is common in the third world but affec...

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Published in:Indian journal of surgery Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 69 - 70
Main Authors: Qureshi, Ahmad Uzair, Khan, Hassan M., Gondal, Khalid Masud
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: India Springer-Verlag 01-02-2010
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Antitubercular agents
Cardiac Surgery
Care and treatment
Case Report
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurosurgery
Pediatric Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Tuberculosis
Duodenal perforation
Peritonitis
Tuberculosis
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Summary:We are presenting a case of a 14-year-old male patient with known history of abdominal tuberculosis on medication for 4 months with frank peritonitis and air under the diaphragm found to have primary perforation of the duodenum due to tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is common in the third world but affects iliocaecal junction commonly. Cases with tuberculous duodenal are rarely reported in the literature.
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ISSN:0972-2068
0973-9793
DOI:10.1007/s12262-010-0015-6