[Perforative peritonitis as a complication of abdominal tuberculosis].
In the paper, data on 502 patients with abdominal tuberculosis are reported, including 21--with perforative peritonitis due to the perforation of tuberculous intestinal ulcers. In its manifestations perforative peritonitis may show a latent or "an acute abdomen" course. Among 12 operated patients there were 5 lethal issues. Such high postoperative mortality is accounted for late terms of establishing the correct diagnosis and admission of patients in a poor and hopeless condition.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications*
Perforativnyĭ peritonit kak oslozhnenie abdominal'nogo tuberkuleza