Port site tuberculosis: a case report and review of literature.
A rare case of port site tubercular infection is reported. A young male patient presented, one month after laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair with discharging sinuses at the port sites. Biopsy of the sinus tract showed features of tuberculosis. Excision of sinus tract was done and the patient was started on anti-tubercular therapy, sinuses healed. Probably, the source of tubercular infection was laparoscopic instruments. Proper sterilization of laparoscopic instruments is necessary.
Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 55 floor, Teaching Block, Ansari Nagar, New-Delhi, India-110029.
Pankaj
P
Gupta
Sandeep
S
Guleria
Sandeep R
SR
Mathur
Ronojoy
R
Ghosh
D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents