Abdominal tuberculosis in a spigelian hernia.
TB and other respiratory infections
gastrointestinal surgery
hepatitis and other GI infections
infection (gastroenterology)
ultrasonography
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 May 2019
15 May 2019
Historique:
entrez:
17
5
2019
pubmed:
17
5
2019
medline:
25
12
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Abdominal tuberculosis is a common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Often it is difficult to diagnose due to vague symptoms and lack of clinical findings. Spigelian hernia is a rare type of hernia located in the semilunar fascia of the abdominal rectus muscular sheath. We report on a 19-year-old Greenlandic Inuit man with a spigelian hernia as the primary presentation of abdominal tuberculosis. Abdominal tuberculosis presenting with a spigelian hernia is extremely rare, and the case illustrates that tuberculosis may present in myriad ways. The incidence of tuberculosis in Greenland is among one of the highest in the world, and we also review the history and incidence of tuberculosis in this Arctic country.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31092481
pii: 12/5/e227638
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227638
pmc: PMC6536268
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Antitubercular Agents
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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