Isolated appendicular tuberculosis

Ammanagi, A S; Dhobale, VD; Patil, B. S.; Miskin, AT

doi:10.4103/0974-777x.77312

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“…[7][8][9] Incidence of GI TB is 3% of all extrapulmonary TB, and involvement of the appendix is rare, occurring in only 0.1-3% of GI TB cases. 8,10,11 Appendicular TB is commonly found in young adults with the average age of 30 years old with a greater incidence in women. 12 The presentation of appendicular TB can be similar to appendicitis.…”

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“…Nevertheless, sometimes it was found coincidently with other diseases. 11,13 All GI TB cases should be treated with at least six months of anti-tuberculosis drugs (ATD). These drugs contain the initial therapy phase (two months of isoniazid, rifampicin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol) and continuous phase (four months of isoniazid and rifampicin).…”

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Appendicular Tuberculosis as Manifestation of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Yuliza

Rosyid

Effendi

et al. 2021

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Introduction: Gastrointestinal tuberculosis (GI TB) is quite rare with 3% incidence of all extrapulmonary involvement. Appendicular TB may occur in 0.1 - 3% of cases. Diagnosis is often difficult because the patient usually complains about chronic abdominal pain and fever. A definite diagnosis is based on histopathological examination of resected specimens from the appendectomy procedure.Case: We present a 37-year-old male patient admitted to the hospital with chronic abdominal pain, fever, nausea, and loss of body weight. The patient never had a persistent cough, hemoptysis, or night sweating. Physical examination showed pain and muscular rigidity in the right iliac area during palpation with Blumberg's sign and Rovsing's sign positive. Abdomen ultrasound imaging showed an appendicular abscess. The patient underwent appendectomy afterwards with histopathology result showing TB. The patient was treated with first category anti-tuberculosis drugs (ATD).Discussion: Diagnosis of appendicular TB is difficult due to unspecific clinical presentations. Appendicular TB patients often complain of signs and symptoms which are similar to acute appendicitis. These conditions can delay ATD treatment because the definitive diagnosis could be made after histopathological examination.Summary: Appendicular TB is a rare case of extrapulmonary TB. It can present as acute appendicitis. The definitive diagnosis is based on the histopathological examination. It is recommended to check the appendicectomy specimens histopathologically to exclude TB or other diseases.

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Appendicular Tuberculosis as Manifestation of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Yuliza

Rosyid

Effendi

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“…The lung is one of the most prevalently infected organs in patients with tuberculosis, and extrapulmonary tuberculosis constitutes 15–20% of all tuberculosis cases [ 2 , 5 , 6 ]. Tuberculous appendicitis is rare in the gastrointestinal tract [ 7 , 8 ]. Herein, we report a case of tuberculous peritonitis 3 months after nonoperative treatment of a patient with acute appendicitis and abscess.…”

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Tuberculous peritonitis after conservative treatment for acute perforated appendicitis: a case report

Tanoue,

Ohya,

Nakahara

et al. 2024

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Background Interval appendectomy is widely recommended for patients with abscesses due to perforated appendicitis. A concomitant malignancy-related problem was reported after conservative treatment of acute appendicitis with abscess, but perforated appendicitis-associated tuberculous peritonitis was never reported. Case presentation A 67-year-old male patient with a laryngeal cancer history presented to our hospital with an acute appendicitis-associated ileal abscess. He was scheduled for an interval appendectomy after conservative treatment. Fortunately, the symptoms subsided, and the patient was discharged for a later scheduled appendectomy. However, after 3 months, he was readmitted to our hospital with fever and abdominal pain, and emergency surgery was performed, which was suspected to be peritonitis. Intraoperative results revealed numerous white nodules in the abdominal cavity. The condition was diagnosed as tuberculous peritonitis based on macroscopic results, later pathological findings, and positive T-SPOT.TB. The antituberculosis medications were effective, and the patient recovered and was discharged from the hospital 8 days thereafter. Conclusion Patients, particularly those immunocompromised, may develop tuberculous peritonitis after conservative treatment for acute perforated appendicitis.

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“…We report the case of appendicular tuberculosis in a 17-year-old woman with no evidence of other location of disease elsewhere in the body. Once the diagnosis of tuberculosis is made, antitubercular therapy is required using standard antituberculous drugs (13,14).…”

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Appendicular mass – a rare form of tuberculosis

Banu¹,

Constantin²,

Popa³

et al. 2017

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Tuberculosis is in the top 10 causes of death worldwide, being one of the most deadly infectious diseases. It is estimated that one of three people from the entire earth population has a latent infection with M tuberculosis. This aerobic bacterium possesses the ability to persist in host tissues for years and to begin replication once immunity declines.The lungs are most frequent site of infection as the Mycobacterium tuberculosis is carried by aerosol droplets and is commonly transmitted by respiratory route. The second way of transmission is by contaminated food.Intestinal contamination coexists with pulmonary tuberculosis and only 10% represent primitive enteric diseases. The ileocecal region is involved most frequently. Even in this context isolated appendicular involvement remains rare.We report the case of appendicular tuberculosis in a 17-year-old woman with no evidence of other location of disease elsewhere in the body. Banu P. et al.

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Isolated appendicular tuberculosis

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Appendicular Tuberculosis as Manifestation of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Appendicular Tuberculosis as Manifestation of Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis: A Case Report

Tuberculous peritonitis after conservative treatment for acute perforated appendicitis: a case report

Appendicular mass – a rare form of tuberculosis

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