A rare cause of small bowel perforation by intestinal and peritoneal tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis of the intestine and peritoneum has become a rare disease. This is the result of a general decrease in pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis, rigorous BCG vaccination programs, and the eradication of tuberculosis in cattle. A case of tuberculosis in this frequent location, which was discovered unexpectedly during an emergency laparotomy, is reportet.
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Department of General Surgery, Karl-Franzens University Medical School, Graz/Austria.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007082:Ileum / Q000473:pathology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000473:pathology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000473:pathology*; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000473:pathology*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000473:pathology