[No ordinary anal fistula..]

Internist (Berl). 2008 Apr;49(4):490, 492-4. doi: 10.1007/s00108-008-2063-6.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We present the case of a 63 year-old male Swiss patient with chronic diarrhea, mucous anal discharge, anal fistula, chronic anal ulceration and history of tuberculosis 56 years ago. Imaging and endoscopy was highly suspicious for Crohn's Disease, but histology and culture for M. tuberculosis proved tuberculous proctitis with perianal involvement and fistulation. The consideration of extrapulmonal tuberculosis with its various manifestations is crucial for the investigation of chronic abdominal complaints in order to avoid serious consequences of tuberculosis treated with immunosuppressive therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / adverse effects
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Endosonography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Proctitis / diagnosis*
  • Proctitis / drug therapy
  • Proctitis / pathology
  • Rectal Fistula / diagnosis
  • Rectal Fistula / drug therapy
  • Rectal Fistula / etiology*
  • Rectal Fistula / pathology
  • Rectum / pathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / pathology

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents