An Unusual Case of Ileo-Cæcal Tuberculosis

The Surgery of Tuberculosis of the Ileo-Cæcal Region

Reader in Surgery, Luc know University. It is an undeniable fact that the abdominal diseases of the ileo-csecal region repeatedly claim the attention of the surgeon. The excuse for a short note on this subject is the great and possibly growing frequency of such diseases in the population around us at the present time. The following figures show the incidence of tuberculosis in the United Provin...

A Pseudo-Malignant Tumour of the Ileo-Cæcal Region

Heterotopic Pancreas- an Unusual Cause of Ileoileal Intussusception: a Case Report

Heterotopic pancreas is an uncommon developmental anomaly of upper gastrointestinal tract. Heterotopic pancreas tissue is very rarely found in ileum. Intussusception in children is usually idiopathic, but definitive aetiology can be established in 90% of adult cases. We are reporting a case of pancreatic heterotopia presenting as a lead point of ileo-ileal intussusception in a 1year 3month year...

Case report: sporotrichoid form of lupus vulgaris

Lupus vulgaris, a common form of cutaneous tuberculosis, usuallyhas different patterns including the plaque form, ulcerative andmutilating form, vegetative form, tumor-like form, and papularand nodular form. Lupus vulgaris commonly appears on thenormal skin as a solitary lesion. However, certain uncommonforms are identified that pose a diagnostic dilemma. Sporotrichoidlikespread has been rarely...

Caecal tuberculosis.

Hypertrophic ileo-caecal tuberculosis was often diagnosed on clinical grounds in the last century, but it was subsequently realized that many granulomata of this type were not of tuberculous origin (Moschcowitz and Wilensky, 1923). The description of regional ileitis (Crohn, Ginzburg, and Oppenheimer, 1932) raised further doubts about the incidence of hypertrophic ileo-caecal tuberculosis; in f...