Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding

Intestinal tuberculosis has varied clinical presentations and often requires high index of suspicion for clinching the diagnosis. We report a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with abrupt onset of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding and was diagnosed to have ileocecal tuberculosis. This...

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Main Authors: Nehal Aggarwal, Subodh Kumar Mahto, Akanskha Singh, Kritika Gupta, Ankita Aneja, Anu Singh, Atul Goel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
Subjects:
anaemia
intestinal tuberculosis
lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Online Access:http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=2;spage=1226;epage=1228;aulast=
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spelling doaj-5a445e3a8a0e41668e8febff9bd81de42020-11-25T02:17:32ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632020-01-01921226122810.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1000_19Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleedingNehal AggarwalSubodh Kumar MahtoAkanskha SinghKritika GuptaAnkita AnejaAnu SinghAtul GoelIntestinal tuberculosis has varied clinical presentations and often requires high index of suspicion for clinching the diagnosis. We report a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with abrupt onset of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding and was diagnosed to have ileocecal tuberculosis. This case signifies the need to consider the possibility of intestinal tuberculosis as a cause of severe hematochezia among other etiologies to prevent mortality and morbidity.http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=2;spage=1226;epage=1228;aulast=anaemiaintestinal tuberculosislower gastrointestinal bleeding
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language English
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author Nehal Aggarwal
Subodh Kumar Mahto
Akanskha Singh
Kritika Gupta
Ankita Aneja
Anu Singh
Atul Goel
spellingShingle Nehal Aggarwal
Subodh Kumar Mahto
Akanskha Singh
Kritika Gupta
Ankita Aneja
Anu Singh
Atul Goel
Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
anaemia
intestinal tuberculosis
lower gastrointestinal bleeding
author_facet Nehal Aggarwal
Subodh Kumar Mahto
Akanskha Singh
Kritika Gupta
Ankita Aneja
Anu Singh
Atul Goel
author_sort Nehal Aggarwal
title Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding
title_short Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding
title_full Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding
title_fullStr Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding
title_full_unstemmed Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding
title_sort disseminated tuberculosis presenting as massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
issn 2249-4863
publishDate 2020-01-01
description Intestinal tuberculosis has varied clinical presentations and often requires high index of suspicion for clinching the diagnosis. We report a case of an 18-year-old male who presented with abrupt onset of massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding and was diagnosed to have ileocecal tuberculosis. This case signifies the need to consider the possibility of intestinal tuberculosis as a cause of severe hematochezia among other etiologies to prevent mortality and morbidity.
topic anaemia
intestinal tuberculosis
lower gastrointestinal bleeding
url http://www.jfmpc.com/article.asp?issn=2249-4863;year=2020;volume=9;issue=2;spage=1226;epage=1228;aulast=
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