A Rarecause Of Intestinal Obstructionin Infancy: Primary Intestinal Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is still an important public health problem in the World, especially, in undeveloped and developing countries. In this study, the primary diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis was reported from a 14 months old female patient. The patient applied to our clinic with complaints of refusing breastfeeding, fever, abdominal distention, vomiting and loss of weight, then, the patient was taken to emergency operation due to the acute abdomen. In the operation, cheese-shaped lesions on whole intestines were macroscopically observed. Its histopathological examination revealed intestinal tuberculosis. Tuberculosis treatment for patient who were not diagnosed in the early stage was lost. In this study, details related with clinical findings, diagnosis and curation were reported with the aim of making an awareness on this rare case.