title: Intestinal tuberculosis and secondary liver abscess.
abstract: The incidence of intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) has been increasing in the West, due to the AIDS epidemic, transglobal immigration, IV drug abuse, an aging population, and an increase in the number of immunocompromised patients. Obstruction and perforation of the intestine are the most common and serious complications of ITB. Another complication, tuberculous liver abscess (TLA), is rare and usually associated with foci of infection in the lung or gastrointestinal tract. We report a case of a 17-year-old boy with Down syndrome who presented with multiple TLAs secondary to obstructive and multiple perforated ileal tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
authors.forename: K Yalcin
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Polat
authors.forename: Bulent
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aydinli
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Sahin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Nesrin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gursan
authors.forename: Gurkan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ozturk
authors.forename: Omer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Onbas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media