Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

Isolated Tuberculosis of Appendix- A Rare Case Report

  • Author:
  • Bhagyashri A Joshi, RD Mastiholimath, Hema B Bannur, Sujata R Dafale
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 275 to 276

Dept of Pathology, JNMC, Belgaum

*Corresponding author: Bhagyashri A Joshi, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, JNMC, Belgaum-590010. Ph no. 09964318708. E-mail: drbhagyashri78_h@yahoo.co.in

Online published on 9 May, 2014.

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the appendix remains a rarity despite the frequency of intestinal tuberculosis. We report a case of chronic appendicitis that underwent appendectomy, and the histopathology of the specimen revealed tuberculosis.

Keywords

Tuberculsis, Appendicitis, Granuloma