title: Jejunal tuberculosis in a 10-year-old girl.
abstract: Abdominal tuberculosis in children usually presents with involvement of the peritoneum, lymph nodes or gastro-intestinal tract. Disease of the gastro-intestinal tract is commonest in the ileocaecal region. A 10-year-old girl presented with abdominal pain and fever of 15 days duration.  Abdominal CT detected dilated small bowel loops with enlarged mesenteric nodes and barium meal follow-through demonstrated a small annular stricture in the jejunum, suggestive of jejunal tuberculosis. She was treated with anti-tuberculous chemotherapy and corticosteroids, to which she made  a good response. Tuberculosis of the jejunum is rare in children.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric TB Clinic, B. J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Ramya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Uppuluri
authors.forename: Ira
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents