Abdominal tuberculosis can affect the gastrointestinal tract, peritoneum, mesenteric lymph nodes, liver and spleen. It most commonly involves the terminal ileum and ileocaecal junction. Patients typically present with non-specific symptoms like abdominal pain, fever, and weight loss. On examination, a mobile mass may be palpable in the right lower quadrant. Complications include obstruction, perforation, fistulae and strictures. Diagnosis involves biopsy of lesions to look for acid-fast bacilli or granulomas.
Tuberculosis can affect any organ system, particularly in immunocompromised individuals Defined as tuberculosis infection of the abdomen involving the peritoneum and its reflections, gastrointestinal tract, abdominal lymphatics and solid visceral organs.
Often reveals a mass made up of matted loops of small bowel with thickened walls, diseased omentum, mesentery and loculated ascites
Regional lymph nodal enlargement
Extrapulmonary TB
The incidence of biliary injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has shown a declining trend though it may still be twice that as with open cholecystectomy. Major biliary or vasculobiliary injury is associated with significant morbidity. As prevention is the best strategy, the concept of a culture of safe cholecystectomy has been recently introduced to educate surgeons and apprise them of basic tenets of safe performance of LC. Various aspects of safe cholecystectomy include: (1) thorough knowledge of relevant anatomy, various anatomical landmarks, and anatomical variations; (2) an understanding of the mechanisms involved in biliary/vascular injury, the most important being the misidentification injury; (3) identification of various preoperative and intraoperative predictors of difficult cholecystectomy; (4) proper gallbladder retraction; (5) safe use of various energy devices; (6) understanding the critical view of safety, including its doublet view and documentation; (7) awareness of various error traps (e.g., fundus first technique); (8) use of various bailout strategies (e.g., subtotal cholecystectomy) in difficult gallbladder cases; (9) use of intraoperative imaging techniques (e.g., intraoperative cholangiogram) to ascertain correct anatomy; and (10) understanding the concept of time-out. Surgeons should be facile with these aspects of this culture of safety in cholecystectomy in an attempt to reduce the incidence of biliary/vascular injury during LC.
Tuberculosis can affect any organ system, particularly in immunocompromised individuals Defined as tuberculosis infection of the abdomen involving the peritoneum and its reflections, gastrointestinal tract, abdominal lymphatics and solid visceral organs.
Often reveals a mass made up of matted loops of small bowel with thickened walls, diseased omentum, mesentery and loculated ascites
Regional lymph nodal enlargement
Extrapulmonary TB
The incidence of biliary injury after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has shown a declining trend though it may still be twice that as with open cholecystectomy. Major biliary or vasculobiliary injury is associated with significant morbidity. As prevention is the best strategy, the concept of a culture of safe cholecystectomy has been recently introduced to educate surgeons and apprise them of basic tenets of safe performance of LC. Various aspects of safe cholecystectomy include: (1) thorough knowledge of relevant anatomy, various anatomical landmarks, and anatomical variations; (2) an understanding of the mechanisms involved in biliary/vascular injury, the most important being the misidentification injury; (3) identification of various preoperative and intraoperative predictors of difficult cholecystectomy; (4) proper gallbladder retraction; (5) safe use of various energy devices; (6) understanding the critical view of safety, including its doublet view and documentation; (7) awareness of various error traps (e.g., fundus first technique); (8) use of various bailout strategies (e.g., subtotal cholecystectomy) in difficult gallbladder cases; (9) use of intraoperative imaging techniques (e.g., intraoperative cholangiogram) to ascertain correct anatomy; and (10) understanding the concept of time-out. Surgeons should be facile with these aspects of this culture of safety in cholecystectomy in an attempt to reduce the incidence of biliary/vascular injury during LC.
acute abdomen conditions in radiology and their evaluation
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Portal biliopathy is defined as abnormalities in the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tract, gallbladder and cystic duct secondary to portal hypertension
This is a presentation detailing facts about abdominal tuberculosis. Intended for healthcare professionals and medical students
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Gujarat Gastro Group
acute abdomen conditions in radiology and their evaluation
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Portal biliopathy is defined as abnormalities in the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary tract, gallbladder and cystic duct secondary to portal hypertension
This is a presentation detailing facts about abdominal tuberculosis. Intended for healthcare professionals and medical students
Dr Manoj K Ghoda
Gujarat Gastro Group
Abdominal TB can involve any part of GIT from mouth to anus, the peritoneum and pancreato-billiary system.
Total EP TB accounts for about 10-12% of total no. of TB cases, out of which 11-16% are abdominal koch.
Sixth most frequent EP TB after lymphatics, genitourinary, bone & joint, milliary & meningeal TB.
Caused by M. tuberculosis, M. bovis & NTM.
Age group 20-40 most commonly affected & slight female preponderance has been described.
Before era of HIV infection > 80% TB was confined to lung
Extrapulmonary TB increases with HIV
40 –60% TB in HIV+ pt are extrapulmonary
Globally, proportion of co-infected pt > 8 %
~ 0.4 million people in India are co-infected.
In one study, 16.6% abdominal TB pt in Bombay was HIV +.
Mechanisms by which M. tuberculosis reach the GIT:
Hematogenous spread from primary lung focus
Ingestion of bacilli in sputum from active pulmonary focus.
Direct spread from adjacent organs.
Via lymph channels from infected LN
Rare Mechanism:
Contiguous spread of infection from a fallopian tube
TB peritonitis as complication of peritoneal dialysis
Ileum > caecum > ascending colon > jejunum
>appendix > sigmoid > rectum > duodenum
> stomach > oesophagus
More than one site may be involved
Ileum > caecum > ascending colon > jejunum
>appendix > sigmoid > rectum > duodenum
> stomach > oesophagus
More than one site may be involved
Ileum > caecum > ascending colon > jejunum
>appendix > sigmoid > rectum > duodenum
> stomach > oesophagus
More than one site may be involved
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Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. AI technologies are revolutionizing various fields, from healthcare to finance, by enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
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Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
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Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
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Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
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It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
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Childhood and Athletic Beginnings
Tom Selleck was born on January 29, 1945, in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. From an early age, he was involved in sports, particularly basketball. which played a significant role in his physical development. His athletic pursuits continued into college. where he attended the University of Southern California (USC) on a basketball scholarship. This early involvement in sports laid a strong foundation for his physical health and disciplined lifestyle.
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Selleck's transition from an athlete to an actor came with its physical demands. His first significant role in "Magnum P.I." required him to perform various stunts and maintain a fit appearance. This role, which he played from 1980 to 1988. necessitated a rigorous fitness routine to meet the show's demands. setting the stage for his long-term commitment to health and wellness.
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2. INTRODUCTION
Tuberculosis also known as Sosha by hindus , Greeks
named it phthisis and Romans called it Tabes. English
developed the term consumption from Latin word
Consumere .
They all recognised disease’s cardinal signs as cough,
expectorations ,wasting and hemoptysis. Hippocrates
noted the general appearance of consumptives as
emaciated, languorous and physically disabled with
red cheeks and cold feets
3. MICROBIOLOGY
• M. tuberculosis is an aerobic, non-spore-forming, nonmotile bacillus
with a high cell wall content of high-molecular-weight lipids.
• Growth is slow, the generation time being 15 to 20 hours, compared
with much less than 1 hour for most common bacterial pathogens,
and visible growth takes from 3 to 8 weeks on solid media.
• The organism tends to grow in parallel groups, producing the colony
characteristic of serpentine cording.
• Humans are the only reservoir for the species M. tuberculosis,
although many animals are susceptible to infection.
5. ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS
• Defined as tuberculous infections of the GIT,
mesenteric lymph nodes, peritoneum, omentum
& solid organs as liver , spleen.
• Other solid intraabd. organs such as kidney,
urinary tract, genital tract constitute a different
scenario hence a different entity
6. • Incidence on rise due to involvement of HIV with mycobact.
• In HIV +pts with pulmon. TB abdominal is seen in about 50% as
compared in those not HIV +ve i.e. only 5-10%
• TB of the gastrointestinal tract is the sixth most frequent form of
extra-pulmonary site, after lymphatic, genitourinary, bone and joint,
miliary and meningeal tuberculosis.
7. • Terminal ileum & ileocaecal junction are the most frequently
involved sites
• Followed in descending order by
1. Colon
2. Jejunum
3. Rectum
4. Anal canal
5. Duodenum
6. Stomach
7. Esophagus
8. TYPES
1.) Peritoneal tuberculosis- acute or chronic
A). TB of the peritoneum-chronic form
a] wet or ascitic tye
generalised
localised
b] dry or fibrous type
adhesive
plastic
9. • miliary nodule type
B.) TB of peritoneal folds and contents
a>mesenteric adenitis
b>mesenteric cyst
c>mesenteric abscess
d>rolled up omentum
10. 2.) Gastrointestinal TB
a> ulcerative
b> hypertrophic/hyperplastic
c> sclerotic
3.) Tuberculosis of solid viscera e.g. liver,spleen
11. PATHOGENESIS
• PRIMARY TB :
1. Ingestion of contaminated food
• SECONDARY TB :
1. Swallowed infected sputum
2. Due to bacteriemia in primary pulm tuberculsis
3. Locally from adjacent organs such as genital organs
4. From bile following granulomatous involvement of liver
12. • The earlier belief that most cases are due to reactivation of
quiescent foci under various kind of stresses is being challenged
with a recent study using DNA fingerprinting showing that 40 per
cent cases are due to reinfection.
• In India, the organism isolated from almost all intestinal lesions has
been Mycobacterium tuberculosis and not M.bovis.
• Peritoneal involvement may occur from spread from lymph nodes,
intestinal lesions or from tubercular salpingitis in women.
• Abdominal lymph nodal and peritoneal tuberculosis may occur
without gastrointestinal involvement in about one third of the
cases.
13. PATHOLOGY
• Tuberculous granulomas are initially formed in the mucosa or the
Peyer’s patches.
• These granulomas are of variable size and characteristically tend to
be confluent, in contrast to those in Crohn’s disease.
• Granulomas are often seen just beneath the ulcer bed,mainly in the
submucosal layer.Submucosal oedema or widening is
inconspicuous.
• Tubercular ulcers are relatively superficial and usually do not
penetrate beyond the muscularis.
14.
15. • They may be single or multiple, and the intervening mucosa is
usually uninvolved.
• These ulcers are usually transversely oriented in contrast to typhoid
where the ulcers are longitudinal.
• Cicatrical healing of these circumferential 'girdle ulcers' results in
strictures.
• Occlusive arterial changes may produce ischaemia and contribute to
the development of strictures.
• Endarteritis also accounts for the rarity of massive bleeding in cases
of intestinal tuberculosis.
16. • Mesenteric lymph nodes may be enlarged, matted and may caseate.
Characteristic granulomas may be seen only in the mesenteric
lymph nodes.
• This is especially common in patients who have taken antitubercular
therapy for some time.
• The reverse,i.e., the presence of granulomas in the intestine and no
granulomas in the draining lymph nodes is rare.
17. PathologIC-CLINICAL TYPES
Intestinal form- can be studied as in following headings
• Ulcerative- ulcers are deep, transversly placed mostly in
terminal ileum, diseased part is hypertrophic , studded
with tubercles on the serosal surface with fat
wrapping the gut and caseating lymph nodes
• Hyperplastic- fibroblastic reaction occuring in the
submucosa & subserosa renders the wall thickened
with involvment of mesentry, lymph nodes, omentum
forming a mass like lesion.
18. • Sclerotic- associated with the stictures of intestine
typically described as “ napkin-ring”, may be
single/multiple, may involve a short segment/long
length.
Peritoneal tb
• Acute type- very rare found in conditions as perforated
tubercular ulcer,miliary phase of TB,with local
dissemination from caseating lymph nodes.
19. • Chronic form- more common form,fluid is usually clear
straw colored,adhesions may form which may be
localised, generalised or miliary nodules
• These may increase in size also ,coalesce may
sometimes obliterate the entire peritoneal cavity also
giving the plastic or adhesive type.
• The omentum may thicken to form a Rolled up
omentum.
20. CLINICAL FEATURES
• Patients present usually in the age of 30-50 yrs
• Female: male= 2:1
• Insidious onset of symptoms, vague, non specific
• May develop low grade fever,malaise,weakness,night
sweats, anorexia, wt.loss, pt looks hungry.
• The spectrum of disease in children is different from
adults, in whom adhesive peritoneal and lymph nodal
involvement is more common than gastrointestinal
disease
21. CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS:
• pain (80-95%),
• fever (40-70%),
• weight loss (40-90%)
• diarrhoea (11-20%),
• constipation,
• Alternating constipation and diarrhoea,
• anorexia and malaise.
22. • Pain can be either colicky due to luminal compromise, or
dull and continuous when the mesenteric lymph nodes
are involved.
• Other clinical features depend upon the site, nature and
extent of involvement
23. OESOPHAGEAL TB
• Oesophageal tuberculosis is a rare entity,
• Constituting only 0.2 per cent of cases of abdominal tuberculosis.
• Oesophageal involvement occurs mainly by extension of disease
from adjacent lymph nodes.
• The patient usually presents with low grade fever,
dysphagia,odynophagia and an ulcer, most commonly
midoesophageal.
• The disease usually mimics oesophageal carcinoma and
extraoesophageal focus of tuberculosis may not be evident
24. GASTRODUODENAL TB
• Stomach and duodenal tuberculosis each constitute only 1 per cent
of cases of abdominal tuberculosis.
• Gastroduodenal tuberculosis may mimic peptic ulcer disease with a
shorter duration of history and non response to anti-secretary
therapy.
• It may also simulate gastric carcinoma.
• Patients have symptoms of
– duodenal obstruction(73%). In a majority of these cases obstruction was due to
extrinsic compression by tuberculous lymph nodes, rather than by intrinsic
duodenal lesion.
– Dyspepsia
– hematemesis
25. • Other reported complications by various authors are
– perforation
– fistulae (pyeloduodenal, duodenocutaneous, blind),
– excavating ulcers extending into pancreas and
– obstructive jaundice by compression of the common bile duct.
• Duodenal tuberculosis is often isolated with no associated
pulmonary lesions in more than 80 per cent case.
• Barium studies reveal evidence of segmental narrowing. Duodenal
strictures are usually short but can involve long segments of the
duodenum.
26. • CT may reveal wall thickening and/or lymphadenopathy.
• There is no specific picture of duodenal tuberculosis on
endoscopy, and demonstration of granulomas or acid
fact bacilli on endoscopic biopsy material is unusual
27. ILEOCECAL TB
• Patients complain of
• colicky abdominal pain,
• borborygmi and
• vomitings.
• Abdominal examination may reveal no abnormality or a doughy feel.
A well defined, firm, usually mobile mass is often palpable in the
right lower quadrant of the abdomen.
• Associated lymphadenitis is responsible for the presence of one or
more lumps which are mobile if mesenteric nodes are involved and
fixed if para-aortic or illiac group of nodes are enlarged.
28.
29. • The most common complication of small bowel or ileocaecal
tuberculosis is
• obstruction due to narrowing of the lumen by hyperplastic caecal
tuberculosis, by strictures of the small intestine, or by adhesions.
• Adjacent lymph nodal involvement can lead to
• traction, narrowing and fixity of bowel loops.
• In India, around 3 to 20 per cent of all cases of bowel obstruction are
due to tuberculosis.
• Tuberculosis accounts for 5-9 per cent of all small intestinal
perforations in India, and is the second commonest cause after
typhoid fever.
30. • Evidence of tuberculosis on chest X-ray and a history of subacute
intestinal obstruction are important clues.
• Pneumoperitoneum may be detected on radiographs
• in only half of the cases.
• Tubercular perforations are usually single and proximal to a
stricture.
• Acute tubercular peritonitis without intestinal perforation is usually
an acute presentation of peritoneal disease but may be due to
ruptured caseating lymph nodes.
31. • Malabsorption is a common complication. Next to tropical sprue, it is
the most important cause of malabsorption syndrome in India.
• In a patient with malabsorption, a history of abdominal pain
suggests the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
• More common in pts with stricture.
• The cause of malabsorption in intestinal tuberculosis is postulated to
be
– bacterial overgrowth in a stagnant loop,
– bile salt deconjugation,
– diminished absorptive surface due to ulceration, and
– involvement of lymphatics and lymph nodes.
32. COLONIC TB
• Segmental or isolated colonic tuberculosis refers to involvement of
the colon without ileocaecal region, and constitutes 9.2 per cent of
all cases of abdominal tuberculosis.
• It commonly involves the sigmoid, ascending and transverse
colon.
• Multifocal involvement is seen in one third(28 to 44%) of patients
with colonic tuberculosis.
• The median duration of symptoms at presentation is less than 1 yr.
33. • Pain is the predominant symptom in 78-90 per cent of
patients
• hematochezia occurs in less than one third
• bleeding is frequently minor and massive bleeding is
less common.
• Overall, tuberculosis accounts for about 4 per cent of
patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Other manifestations of colonic tuberculosis include
fever, anorexia, weight loss and change in bowel habits.
The diagnosis is suggested by barium enema or
colonoscopy.
34. RECTAL TB
• Rectal tuberculosis is rare and may occur in the absence of other
lesions in the chest and small and large bowel
• Clinical presentation of rectal tuberculosis is different from more
proximal disease.
• Haematochezia (88%) followed by
• constitutional symptoms (75%) and
• constipation(37%).
• The high frequency of rectal bleeding may be because of mucosal
trauma caused by hard stool traversing the strictured segment.
35. • Digital examination reveals an annular stricture. (P/R is must)
• The stricture is usually tight and of variable length with focal areas of
deep ulceration.
• It is usually within 10 cm of the anal verge. Associated perianal
disease is very rare.
• Excessive fibrosis associated with the rectal inflammation results in
an increase in presacral space.
36. ANAL TB
• Anal tuberculosis is less uncommon and has a distinct clinical
presentation.
-Tubercular fistulae are usually multiple.
-In India,tuberculosis accounted for up to 14 per cent of cases
of fistula in ano.
-Anal discharge
-Perianal swelling in one third.
-Constitutional symptoms
• Anal tuberculosis is also seen in paediatric patients
37. APPENDICEAL TB
• Tuberculosis of the appendix is reported in 0.1 to 3 per cent of
patients with tuberculosis.
• Isolated tuberculosis of the appendix is rare.
• Appendectomy followed by antituberculosis chemotherapy is the
treatment of choice.
38. LIVER AND SPLEEN TB
• Hepatic tuberculosis has become exceedingly rare these days.
• The diagnosis is usually made accidentally during exploratory
laparotomy or at autopsy in immunocompromised patients.
• The lesions typically are granulomas, with or without central
caseating necrosis, calcified masses, and biliary strictures.
• Tuberculous periportal lymph nodes may cause obstructive jaundice
by compressing the bile duct.
• Patients with hepatic tuberculosis usually have hepatomegaly, with
or without jaundice. Symptoms related to abdominal tuberculosis
often overshadow those due to liver disease.
39. • Liver enzymes, in particular serum alkaline phosphatase, are usually
elevated.
• Tuberculosis should be differentiated from other conditions
associated with hepatic granulomas
• The treatment of hepatic tuberculosis is chemotherapy.
• It should be remembered that most antituberculous drugs (except
ethambutol) are hepatotoxic, and may aggravate the liver damage
and worsen the jaundice. These patients therefore should be kept
under close observation during antituberculous chemotherapy.
40. • Splenic tuberculosis is also rare and may present as a splenic
abscess or with hypersplenism.
• The presence of multiple hypoechoic lesions on ultrasonography of
the spleen in a HIV-positive patient is highly suggestive of
disseminated tuberculosis.
• The diagnosis is usually made following surgical resection of the
diseased spleen.
41. DIAGNOSIS
• Paustian in 1964 stated that one or more of the following four criteria
must be fulfilled to diagnose abdominal tuberculosis (still accepted):
(i) Histological evidence of tubercles with caseation necrosis;
(ii) a good typical gross description of operative findings with
biopsy of mesenteric nodes showing histologic evidence of
tuberculosis;
(iii) animal inoculation or culture of suspected tissue resulting
in growth of M.tuberculosis; and
(iv) histological demonstration of acid fast bacilli in a lesion.
42. • Non specific findings---
– Raised ESR
– Positive Mantoux test
– Anemia
– Hypoalbuminaemia
43. • Radiologigal investigations
1. Chest X-ray: Evidence of tuberculosis in a chest Xray supports the
diagnosis but a normal chest X-ray does not rule it out. About 75 per cent
cases do not have evidence of concomitant pulmonary disease.
2. Plain abd x-ray- calcified mesenteric lymphnodes, calcification in the
spleen/liver. In obstructed pts multiple air fluid levels.
3. Small bowel barium meal: The features which may be seen:
-Accelerated intestinal transit;
-hypersegmentation of the barium column (“chicken intestine”),
44. -precipitation, flocculation and dilution of the barium;
- stiffened and thickened folds;
-luminal stenosis with smooth but stiff contours (“hour glass
stenosis”),
-multiple strictures with segmental dilatation of bowel loops, may
also be found; and
-fixity and matting of bowel loops.
4. Barium enema: The following features may be seen:
(i) “Fleischner” or “inverted umbrella sign” :Thickening of the lips of
the ileocaecal valve and/or wide gaping of the valve with narrowing of the
terminal ileum are characteristic.
45. • (ii) Fold thickening and contour irregularity of the terminal ileum, better
appreciated on double contrast study.
• (iii)“Conical caecum”, shrunken in size and pulled out of the iliac fossa
due to contraction and fibrosis of the mesocolon. The hepatic flexure may
also be pulled down.
• (iv) Goose neck deformity :Loss of normal ileocaecal angle and dilated
terminal ileum, appearing suspended from a retracted, fibrosed and pulled-
up caecum.
• (v) “Purse string stenosis”– localized stenosis opposite the ileocaecal valve
with a rounded off smooth caecum and a dilated terminal ileum.
46. • (vi) “Stierlin’s sign” appears as a narrowing of the terminal ileum with
rapid empyting into a shortened, rigid or obliterated caecum.
• (vii) “String sign” – persistant narrow stream of barium indicating stenosis.
• Both Stierlin and String signs can also be seen in Crohn's disease and hence
are not specific for tuberculosis.
• Enteroclysis followed by a barium enema may be the best protocol for
evaluation of intestinal tuberculosis.
47.
48. 5 ULTRASOUND
is very useful for imaging peritoneal tuberculosis.
The following features may be seen, usually in combination:
(i) Intra-abdominal fluid which may be free or loculated; and
clear or complex (with debris and septae). Fluid collections in the
pelvis may have thick septa and can mimic ovarian cyst.
(ii) “Club sandwich” or “sliced bread” sign is due to localized
fluid between radially oriented bowel loops,due to local exudation
from the inflammed bowel (interloop ascitis).
49. (iii) Lymphadenopathy may be discrete or matted. The
echotexture is mixed heterogenous, in contrast to the homogenously
hypoechoic nodes of lymphoma.
iv) Bowel wall thickening is uniform and concentric as opposed
to the eccentric thickening at the mesenteric border found in Crohn’s
disease and the variegated appearance of malignancy.
(v) Pseudokidney sign – involvement of the ileocaecal region
which is pulled up to a subhepatic position.
50. 6.) CT SCAN :
-In early disease there is slight symmetric circumferential
thickening of caecum and terminal ileum.
-Later the ileocaecal valve and adjacent medial wall of the
caecum is asymmetrically thickened.
-In more advanced disease gross wall thickening, adherent
loops, large regional nodes and mesenteric thickening can together
form a soft tissue mass centered around the ileocaecal junction.
-CT scan can also pick up ulceration or nodularity within the
terminal ileum.
51. • In the colon, involvement around the hepatic flexure is common.
• Complications of perforation, abscess, and obstruction are also
seen.
• Tubercular ascitic fluid is of high attenuation value (25-45 HU) due
to its high protein content.
• Strands,fine septae and debris within the fluid are characteristic, but
are better appreciated on ultrasonography.
• Thickened peritoneum and enhancing peritoneal nodules may be
seen.
52. • Omental thickening is well seen often as an omental cake
appearance.
• In tuberculosis the mesenteric, mesenteric root, celiac, porta hepatis
and peripancreatic nodes are characteristically involved,
• The retroperitoneal nodes (i.e., the periaortic and pericaval) are
relatively spared, and are almost never seen in isolation, unlike
lymphoma
53. 7) COLONOSCOPY
is an excellent tool to diagnose colonic and terminal
ileal involvement.
• Mucosal nodules of variable sizes (2 to 6 mm) and ulcers in a
discrete segment of colon, 4 to 8 cm in length are pathognomic.
• The intervening mucosa may be hyperemic or normal.
• Areas of strictures with nodular and ulcerated mucosa may be
seen.
• Diffuse involvement of the entire colon is rare (4%), but
endoscopically can look very similar to ulcerative colitis.
54.
55.
56. 8) ASCITIC FLUID EXAMINATION
• Straw coloured
• Protein >2.5g/dL (exudative)
• TLC of 150-4000/µl, Lymphocytes >70%
• SAAG < 1.1 g/dL
• ZN stain + in < 3% cases
• + culture in < 20% cases
57. 9) IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTS
• Ltd. role
• ELISA
• soluble antigen fluorescent antibody (SAFA)
• Sensitivity of 92% and specifity of 83%
• However, ELISA remains positive even after therapy, the response
to mycobacteria is variable and its reproducibility is poor.
58. 10) INTERFERON-gamma RELEASE ASSAYS (IGRAS) are exciting
new developments in TB infection testing.
• IGRAs are based on the ability of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis
antigens to stimulate host production of interferon-gamma. These
tests can distinguish latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).
• The blood tests QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube senst. 81% sp.
99.2% and T-SPOT.TB senst. 87.5% and sp. 86.5% use these
antigens to detect people with tuberculosis.
59. 11) ADENOSINE DEAMINASE
Aminohydrolase that converts adenosine inosine
• ADA increased due to stimulation of T-cells by mycobacterial Ag
– Serum ADA > 54 U/L
– Ascitic fluid ADA > 36 U/L
– Ascitic fluid to serum ADA ratio > 0.985
• specificity and sensitivity of over 95 per cent
• Coinfection with HIV normal or low ADA
60. 12) POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION
• DNA sequence of the mycobacterium obtained from the
ascitic fluid or tissue biopsy and amplified
• It has low senstivity (86.3%) and high specifity (96%)
• Newer amplification techniques are being developed to
increase sensitivity of PCR for diagnosis of abd. tb
61. 13) DIAG. LAPAROSCOPY :
• (i) Thickened peritoneum with
tubercles
• (ii) Thickened peritoneum without tubercles.
• (iii) Fibroadhesive peritonitis with markedly thickened peritoneum
and multiple thick adhesions fixing the viscera.
63. Medical management
• Most pts are treated medically
• Different regimens used are-------
standard therapy :Strepto– 15-20mg/kg im/day*2 mths
ethamb- 25mg/kg/day * 2 week
15mg/kg/day* 12-18M
INH - 7-10mg/kg/day*12-18M
R - 10mg/kg/day* 12-18 M
64. • Short term therapy :
pyrizinamide 1.5g daily * 2mths
isoniazid 300 mg daily * 6mths
rifampicin 450 mg daily * 6mths
In case of resistance rate >4%, ethambutol 25mg/kg or
streptomycin 1g daily * 2mths
65. Directly observed therapy-
• Pyrazinamide-25-30mg/kg alt. day*2M
• INH - 5- 10 mg/kg alt. day*2 M
• then daily *4 M
• Rifampicin - 10-15mg/kg alt. day*2M
• then daily*4 M
• Ethambutol - 25mg/kg alt. day * 2mths
• Role of steroids have been in study since 1980 but no effevtive
clinical trial has established the role.
66. SURGERY
Indications-
• The most common indication is obstruction due to stricture
formation& inspite of the conservative management pt not
improving.
• Bowel adhesions, perforation
• intra-abd. Abscess,mesenteric abscess,
• internal fistula,external fistula and
• failure of medical therapy.
67. SURGICAL PROCEDURES
-Surgery for perforation include resection of the segment
and anast.Simple closure often results in reperforation.
Drainage tubes not recommended.
-Byepass procedures once recommended now abandoned
-Strictureplasty is recommended for partial strictures but
if complete or multiple strictures in short segment than
resection and anastomosis recommended
68. -Hypertrophic Ileo ceacal TB requires either a limited
resection with 5 cm margin or right hemi colectomy and
anastomosis
-Ileal and Jejunal tuberclosis is treated with limited
resection and end to end anastomosis
-Ileocaecoplasty and coloplasty are also advocated for
Ileocaecal and Colonic stricture
-Bypassing the obstruction as Ileotransverse anast. has no
role as it causes blind loop syndrome though it may be used in
patients of poor general conditions
69. • Recurrent adhesive obstruction and fistulas are treated by
release of adhesions, drainage of abscess, resection of fistula
tract.
• Laparostomy followed by secondary closure is required if
sepsis is high
• Tuberculosis of colon – limited resection followed by ATT is
the treatment of choice