The lymphogram in abdominal tuberculosis

Beetlestone, C. A.; Wieland, W.F.; Lewis, Elizabeth; Itayemi, S.O.

doi:10.1016/s0009-9260(77)80051-2

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“…In general, haematological and biochemical results simply indicated a chronic inflammatory process. Lymphangiography (Beetlestone et al 1977), gallium-67 scanning (Steinbach 1976, Baran & Fratkin 1976) and laparoscopy were not used, but are regarded by some as helpful in diagnosis. Most patients in other series have had associated active pulmonary tuberculosis (Mandal & Schofield 1976, Stierlin 1911) but only 29% of our patients showed either radiological or bacterial evidence of chest infection.…”

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Tuberculosis of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Bradford, 1967–77

et al. 1979

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Tuberculosis of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Bradford, 1967–77

et al. 1979

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Radiologic Approach to Diseases of the Lymph Nodes

Musumeci¹,

Damascelli²

1984

Diseases of the Lymphatic System

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Abdominal tuberculosis

Haddad

Ghossain

Sawaya³

et al. 1987

Diseases of the Colon &Amp; Rectum

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The recent literature on abdominal tuberculosis is comprehensively reviewed, and seven cases of abdominal tuberculosis are reported, including four belonging to three generations of the same family. Possible explanations for this familial incidence are discussed. Abdominal tuberculosis is not so rare; 135 cases have recently been reported from the United States and Canada. This review dissipates four common misconceptions: abdominal tuberculosis is rare, tuberculosis is a stigmata of the poor, abdominal tuberculosis is always associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis, and chronic abdominal pathology is synonymous with regional enteritis. Since the description of regional enteritis, more and more cases of chronic intestinal pathology have been labeled "regional enteritis." The fact that intestinal tuberculosis is rather uncommon should not automatically lead to the diagnosis of regional enteritis. The possibility that many cases of so-called regional enteritis may, in fact, be a stage or a variant of abdominal tuberculosis, is worth considering. Abdominal tuberculosis is not a relic of the past. It remains a real challenge to the diagnostic acumen and therapeutic skills of both the internist and the surgeon.

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The lymphogram in abdominal tuberculosis

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Tuberculosis of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Bradford, 1967–77

Tuberculosis of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Bradford, 1967–77

Radiologic Approach to Diseases of the Lymph Nodes

Abdominal tuberculosis

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