M Sarfraz Ahmed, Rahat Sarfraz, M Afzal.
Abdominal Tuberculosis in Surgical Wards: A two year experience at Lahore General Hospital.
Biomedica Jan ;13(1):42-5.

Eighty seven cases of abdominal tuberculosis admitted to general surgical wards at Lahore General Hospital were studied over a period of two years. Maximum number of cases were in 20-29 years age group, showing a female preponderance. Pain was the commonest presenting complaint. Haemoglobin estimation revealed anaemia in 82.35% cases and ESR was raised in 90.32% cases. Majority of the cases (58.62%) presented as emergency, either as intestinal obstruction or as peritonitis due to perforation. Ileum was the commonest bowel segment involved in cases of intestinal tuberculosis and ileal resection was the commonest surgical procedure performed. Mean length of resected specimens in these cases was 26.6 +/- 16.31cm. Hypertrophic lesions with enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes were the commonest findings on gross examination. On fluorescent (Auramine-Rhodamine) staining 40 (78.43%) cases were AFB positive.

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