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Kang SH, Moon HS, Park JH, Kim JS, Kang SH, Lee ES, Kim SH, Lee BS, Sung JK, Jeong HY, Lee KH. Intestinal Perforation as a Paradoxical Reaction to Antitubercular Therapy: A Case Report. Ann Coloproctol 2020; 37:S18-S23. [PMID: 32674552 PMCID: PMC8359699 DOI: 10.3393/ac.2020.03.16.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Paradoxical reactions to tuberculosis (TB) treatment are characterized by an initial improvement of the clinical symptoms followed by clinical or radiological deterioration of existing tuberculous lesions, or by development of new lesions. Intestinal perforation in gastrointestinal TB can occur as a paradoxical reaction to antitubercular therapy. A 55-year-old man visited the outpatient department with lower abdominal pain and weight loss. He was diagnosed with intestinal TB and started antitubercular therapy. After 3 months of antitubercular therapy, a colonoscopy revealed improvement of the disease. Three days after the colonoscopy, the patient visited the emergency room complaining of abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed extraluminal air-filled spaces in the pelvic cavity. We diagnosed a small bowel perforation and performed an emergency laparotomy and a right hemicolectomy with small bowel resection. This report describes the case of intestinal perforation presenting as a paradoxical reaction to antitubercular and provides a brief literature review.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sung Hoon Kang
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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