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CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS

Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shar, Dr. Zahoor Hussain, Dr. Azad Ali Lashari, Dr. Abdul Malik Sangri, Dr. Hamid Nawaz Ali Memon, Dr. Samar Raza and *Muhammad Jan Khetran

Objective: To determine the clinical profile of patients with abdominal tuberculosis. Patients and Methods:A total of fifty patients of abdominal tuberculosis were explored and included in the study. The cross-sectional survey includes patients had the acute symptoms as pain, vomiting, constipation affecting intestinal obstruction/perforation, fever, lump and abdominal distension. The diagnosis of this was made by the hematological parameters, sputum analysis, x-ray of abdomen and ultrasonography diagnosis was done by operative findings, histopathological biopsy of tissue needing urgent surgical intervention whereas the frequency / percentages (%) and means ±SD computed for study variables. Results:During six-month study period total fifty patients had abdominal tuberculosis were explored and study. The mean ± SD for age (yrs) of population was 48.66±7.83. Regarding gender Male 32 (64%) and Female 18(36%). The cases operated were 33 (66%) and conservatively managed as 17 (34%). The intervention done as resection anastomosis (56%), right hemicolectomy (16%),stricturoplasty (10%), ileostomy (8.0%), adhesiolysis (8.0%) and primary closure (2.0%). Conclusion: Tuberculosis can include any piece of the gastrointestinal tract and is the 6th most successive site of extrapulmonary region.

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