Abdominal Tuberculosis -a Review
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that has plagued mankind since Neolithic times (8000 BC) 1. It was recognized as a contagious disease by the time of Hippocrates (400 BC), when it was termed as ‘phthisis’ (Greek Phthinien, meaning to waste away)2 Abdominal TB which may involved the gastrointestinal tract, peritoneum, lymph nodes or solid viscera, constitutes up to 12% of extra pulmonary TB and 13% of the total3,4. Abdominal tuberculosis includes tuberculosis of gastrointestinal tract, peritoneum, mesenteric lymph node, Liver, Spleen, excluding genito-urinary system5. Tuberculosis (TB) can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, the peritoneum and the pancreatobiliary system. It can have a varied presentation, frequently mimicking other common and rare diseases6. TB of the gastrointestinal tract is the sixth most frequent form of extra-pulmonary site, after lymphatic, genitourinary, bone and joint, miliary and meningeal tuberculosis7. The term Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB) has been used to describe isolated occurrence of tuberculosis at body sites other than the lung. However, when an extra-pulmonary focus is evident in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis, such patients have been categorized under pulmonary tuberculosis as per the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) 8.
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