World Journal of Emergency Surgery (Jul 2006)

Tubercular appendicitis – a case report

  • Kaur Amanjit,
  • Kaushik Robin,
  • Gupta Sanjay,
  • Attri Ashok

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-1-22
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
p. 22

Abstract

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Abstract Tuberculosis of the appendix remains a rarity despite the frequency of intestinal tuberculosis. We report a case of acute appendicitis that underwent appendectomy at our hospital, and the histopathology of the specimen revealed tuberculosis.