A 14-year-old girl presenting with tuberculous intestinal perforation while in a temporary shelter after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
Shrestha, Dhruba;
Shrestha, Manoj Krishna;
Raya, Ganendra Bhakta;
Bhattachan, Anuj;
Hayashi, Kentaro;
Ariyoshi, Koya;
Parry, Christopher M;
Dhoubhadel, Bhim Gopal;
(2017)
A 14-year-old girl presenting with tuberculous intestinal perforation while in a temporary shelter after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
Paediatrics and international child health, 38 (1).
pp. 69-72.
ISSN 2046-9047
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20469047.2016.1265233
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A 14-year-old Nepalese girl presented with fever, abdominal pain and vomiting. She was living with her family in a temporary settlement camp following the earthquake in Nepal in 2015. She had had abdominal pain for 2 months and fever for 1 month. Abdominal examination suggested acute peritonitis. At laparotomy, three ileal perforations were detected and histopathology demonstrated caseous granulomas. Her father had sputum-positive pulmonary tuberculosis. She was diagnosed with abdominal tuberculosis and responded well to anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy. Intestinal perforation is a rare complication of tuberculosis in children.