INTESTINAL TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTING AS BILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA – A RARE PRESENTATION

Dr Bharti Devi Thaker, Dr. Subhash Bhardwaj

Abstract


Though abdominal tuberculosis is common, it is rare to primarily diagnose it through contents of an inguinal hernia. A young patient male
presented with bilateral inguinal hernia. He was operated upon and contents of hernia sac were sent to our laboratory. On histopathologic
examination showed multible granulomas.Ziehl Neelson staining was done which came out to be positive. Diagnosis of tuberculosis was made and
patient was treated with antitubercular drugs effectively.


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