Jejunal tuberculosis in a 10-year-old girl (original) (raw)

Paediatrics and International Child Health, 2012

Abstract

Abdominal tuberculosis in children usually presents with involvement of the peritoneum, lymph nodes or gastro-intestinal tract. Disease of the gastro-intestinal tract is commonest in the ileocaecal region. A 10-year-old girl presented with abdominal pain and fever of 15 days duration. Abdominal CT detected dilated small bowel loops with enlarged mesenteric nodes and barium meal follow-through demonstrated a small annular stricture in the jejunum, suggestive of jejunal tuberculosis. She was treated with anti-tuberculous chemotherapy and corticosteroids, to which she made a good response. Tuberculosis of the jejunum is rare in children.

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