Abstract

Intestinal tuberculosis in children is rare.Its diagnosis is very difficult preoperatively.Sixteen children with small intestinal and ileocecal tuberculosis were treated in our hospital since 1956.Six were male and 10 were female,patient's age ranged from 3 to 14 years.The diagnosis was confirmed by surgery and pathological study.The surgical complication developed precperatively in all cases (intestinal obstruction 9,inflammatory mass 4 and intestinal fistula D.The diagnosis and the principle of management were discussed in the text. Key words: Tuberculosis; Small Intestine; fleocecum

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