DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2015.v03i05.011

Pages: 387-389

Tuberculosis is still a major health burden in many countries worldwide. Every year, millions of people die of tuberculosis worldwide. Tuberculosis can affect almost all part of body. The most common site of the abdominal tuberculosis is ileo-caecal disease, but isolated appendicular involvement is rarely seen entity. Preoperative diagnosis of this condition is extremely rare and is always detected either at laparotomy or after histopathological examination. Its associatuion with pulmonary or gastrointestinal tuberculosis is very much variable. We report a case of isolated tuberculous appendicitis in an adult who was successfully treated by surgery then he was diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis.