title: Isolated appendicular tuberculosis.
abstract: Tuberculosis is still very common in developing and under developed countries. Each year, 3 million people die of this disease world wide. Tuberculosis can affect almost any part of body. The commonest presentation of abdominal tuberculosis is ileo-caecal disease, but isolated appendicular involvement is also rarely seen. Although many cases have been reported from neighbouring countries, a search on national literature has shown no such report from Pakistan. We report a case of appendicular tuberculosis that presented in Accident and Emergency Department of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Unit III, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan. drshwaqar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Waqar
authors.forename: Zafar I
authors.initials: ZI
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zahid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*