Piedra HBC, Barbero AR, Acosta PY

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: tuberculosis is a common problem all over the world, mainly in developing countries, where poverty, ignorance, overpopulation, poor sanitary conditions and malnutrition prevail. Approximately 1 to 3% of the total cases of tuberculosis are extra pulmonary; out of these 11 to 16% belongs to abdominal tuberculosis. Intestinal tuberculosis is the sixth form in frequency that is reported.
Case Report: a 34-year-old male patient with no history of respiratory disease who suffered from recurrent abdominal pain some days before his admission, and accompanied by frequent fetid vomiting, with marked abdominal distension is presented. Physical examination revealed a thin, pale, malnourished patient with a very poor hygienic condition. The patient presented a distended, hyper tympanic and diffusely painful abdomen. Normal vital signs, except for the temperature that remained between 37 and 37.5 ° C. BP: 90/60, CR: 100 / min. The rest of the exam was negative. In the essential examinations that were possible to perform in the environment where he was, 10 g / l of hemoglobin (anemia) and accelerated erythrocyte sedimentation was found along with a chest X-ray without alterations. An intestinal occlusion was diagnosed due to enteral and peritoneal tuberculosis that was operated on and treated with anti-tuberculosis drugs, being discharged from the hospital.
Conclusion: before a patient with an intestinal occlusion without probable etiology, intestinal tuberculosis should be considered even though there is no history of previous pulmonary involvement. Two clinical forms of the entity and an infrequent form of onset are shown and which is main interest of this case report.