The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

 

Volume 73 Number 6
October 2006		 back to contents
Intestinal Tuberculosis and Secondary Liver Abscess 887-890
K. Yalcin Polat, M.D.1, Bulent Aydinli, M.D.1, Omer Yilmaz, M.D.2, Sahin Aslan, M.D.3, Nesrin Gursan, M.D.4, Gurkan Ozturk, M.D.1, and Omer Onbas, M.D.5

Departments of 1General Surgery, 2Gastroenterology, 3Emergency Medicine, 4Pathology and 5Radiology, School of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.

Address all correspondence to Bulent Aydinli, Atatürk Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Genel Cerrahi AD, Erzurum, Turkey; E-mail: bulentaydinli@gmail.com

Accepted for publication February 2006.

Abstract

The incidence of intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) has been increasing in the West, due to the AIDS epidemic, transglobal immigration, IV drug abuse, an aging population, and an increase in the number of immunocompromised patients. Obstruction and perforation of the intestine are the most common and serious complications of ITB. Another complication, tuberculous liver abscess (TLA), is rare and usually associated with foci of infection in the lung or gastrointestinal tract. We report a case of a 17-year-old boy with Down syndrome who presented with multiple TLAs secondary to obstructive and multiple perforated ileal tuberculosis.

Key Words

Intestinal tuberculosis, tuberculous liver abscesses, surgical treatment.

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