title: Rectal stricture: a complication of tuberculosis.
abstract: Tuberculosis of the rectum is rarely reported, even from areas where tuberculosis, and gastrointestinal tuberculosis in particular, is prevalent. The authors report a case of long tubercular stricture of the rectum and distal part of the sigmoid colon in a 12-year-old girl. Because of nonspecific symptoms and noncharacteristic radiological and endoscopic features, the diagnosis of this rare entity rests mainly on histological evidence of the classical tubercle in a surgical biopsy specimen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Radhakrishna
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003082:Colectomy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D004977:Ethambutol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007538:Isoniazid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012293:Rifampin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D004977:Ethambutol; D007538:Isoniazid; D012293:Rifampin