Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine (Jan 2021)

Ileocaecal Tuberculosis Presenting with Massive Hematochezia: A Rare Clinical Manifestation

  • Neha Mehta,
  • Man Bahadur Paudyal,
  • Sangam Shah,
  • Rajan Chamlagain,
  • Moon Shrestha,
  • Ashish Mehta,
  • Prabin Bhattarai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/1161135
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2021

Abstract

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Abdominal pain, diarrhea, weight loss, anorexia, and fever are common symptoms of intestinal tuberculosis, while bleeding from the lumen, intestinal obstruction, perforation, and fistula formation are uncommon presentations in ileocaecal tuberculosis. Here, we present a case of a 33-year-old male with intestinal tuberculosis who initially presented with massive bleeding per rectum.