Intestinal occlusion secondary to intra-abdominal tuberculosis. A case report

45-year-old male patient with a history of Stage C3 AIDS with the diagnosis of intestinal occlusion, an exploratory laparotomy was performed with right hemicolectomy, omentectomy, and ileotransverse mechanical latero-lateral anastomosis with the findings of intraluminal and parietal lesions in the cecum, ascending colon, and ileocecal valve, which had the wall with necrotic patches, without tone and retrograde loop dilation. The histopathological report was a caseating chronic granulomatous inflammation of the intestine, peritoneum, and lymph nodes and Ziehl-Neelsen (ZN) staining positive. This patient started antituberculous therapy and continued with antiretroviral therapy. He was discharged on the seventh postoperative day without complications.

Keywords: intra-abdominal tuberculosis, intestinal occlusion.