Anal tuberculosis: A non–Healing anal lesion

Azadi, Abbas and Jafarpour Fard, p and Sagharjoghi Farahani, Morteza and Khodadadi, b and Almasian, Mohammad (2018) Anal tuberculosis: A non–Healing anal lesion. IDCases, 12. pp. 25-28.

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Abstract

Anal tuberculosis is an extremely rare extrapulmonary presentation of tuberculosis (TB). Less than 1% of the individuals who contract TB manifests as gastrointestinal TB, and anoperineal TB is much less frequently encountered, 1% of the TB cases of the digestive tract. A rare case of anal tuberculosis is reported in a 37-year-old male patient with a recent anal fistula surgery and relapsing anal lesions. AFB were detected by biopsy and culture. In total, the treatment course lasted 6 months and the patient showed signs of recovery in the early stages of the treatment (after 2 weeks), and complete remission was achieved. In conclusion, it is recommended that in case of encountering Non-healing and recurrent anal lesions, especially in regions endemic for TB, should be evaluated for tuberculosis.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine
Depositing User: samira sepahvandy
Date Deposited: 29 May 2018 06:12
Last Modified: 29 May 2018 06:12
URI: http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/1307

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