[Multiple intestinal perforations due to tuberculosis: a case report and review of the literature].
The incidence of tuberculosis in Italy steadily decreased until two decades ago, but the infection is now frequently diagnosed in common clinical practice. The Authors describe a rare acute abdominal presentation of the disease featuring a double intestinal perforation in a subject affected by pulmonary, renal and gastrointestinal miliary tuberculosis. A review of the literature is also presented. Intestinal resection is the treatment of choice in such cases, even if it leads to frequent, major complications, but the authors stress that there may be a possibility for a less radical form of management of these patients.
Rondelli
Fablo
F
S.C. di Chirurgia Generale e Oncologíca, Dipartimento di Sdenze Chirurgiche, Radiologiche, Odontostomatologiche, Università degli Studi di Perugia.
Finocchi
Luigi
L
Covarelli
Piero
P
Boselli
Carlo
C
Cristofani
Roberto
R
Noya
Giuseppe
G
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D007082:Ileum / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
D000995:Antitubercular Agents