Annals of Coloproctology

Case Report

Benign GI diease,Rare disease & stoma,Complication

Intestinal Perforation as a Paradoxical Reaction to Antitubercular Therapy: A Case Report: Sung Hoon Kang, Hee Seok Moon, Jae Ho Park, Ju Seok Kim, Sun Hyung Kang, Eaum Seok Lee, Seok Hyun Kim, Byung Seok Lee, Jae Kyu Sung, Hyun Yong Jeong, Kyung Ha Lee; Ann Coloproctol. 2021;37(Suppl 1):S18-S23. Published online May 15, 2020; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3393/ac.2020.03.16.1

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Paradoxical reactions to tuberculosis (TB) treatment are characterized by an initial improvement of the clinical symptoms followed by clinical or radiological deterioration of existing tuberculous lesions, or by development of new lesions. Intestinal perforation in gastrointestinal TB can occur as a paradoxical reaction to antitubercular therapy. A 55-year-old man visited the outpatient department with lower abdominal pain and weight loss. He was diagnosed with intestinal TB and started antitubercular therapy. After 3 months of antitubercular therapy, a colonoscopy revealed improvement of the disease. Three days after the colonoscopy, the patient visited the emergency room complaining of abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography revealed extraluminal air-filled spaces in the pelvic cavity. We diagnosed a small bowel perforation and performed an emergency laparotomy and a right hemicolectomy with small bowel resection. This report describes the case of intestinal perforation presenting as a paradoxical reaction to antitubercular and provides a brief literature review.

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