A retrospective cohort study of 756 cases of abdominal tuberculosis: Two decades single centre experience

Chaudhary, Poras; Kumar, Rajiv; Ahirwar, Neelam; Nabi, Ishaq; Gautam, Santosh; Munjewar, Chandrakant; Kumar, Ajay

doi:10.1016/j.ijtb.2016.09.010

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“…In a recent series of 756 patients with ATB seen over a period of 20 years, a third of the cases needed surgery; however, this may be a biased figure since the data are from a surgical unit. 65 Other reports suggest that a subset of the patients will need surgery. 66 Acute presentation in the form of intestinal perforation or unremitting intestinal obstruction warrants surgical intervention.…”

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Editor’s Pick: Recent Advances in the Diagnosis and Management of Abdominal Tuberculosis

2017

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Abdominal tuberculosis and its protean manifestations still create a diagnostic challenge for clinicians and remain an important concern in the developing world. Crohn’s disease, which is being increasingly recognised in countries where intestinal tuberculosis is prevalent, needs to be differentiated as the two diseases resemble each other in their clinical presentation, and in their radiological, endoscopic, and histological findings. New diagnostic modalities and scoring systems have facilitated the differentiation of Crohn’s disease from intestinal tuberculosis with good accuracy. Randomised trials have shown 6 months of therapy to be equivalent to longer durations of treatment for patients with abdominal tuberculosis. This review focusses on the recent advances in diagnosis and management of abdominal tuberculosis.

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2017

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“…This usually happens in some cases of abdominal tuberculosis. 13,14 Conservative management with low residue diet and medical therapy for tuberculosis have been used in such cases and in patients with chronic symptoms that have been diagnosed by imaging. Medical therapy has been successful in Photoclinic resolving symptoms.…”

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