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A retrospective analysis of twelve cases of duodenal tuberculosis is presented herein. The average age of the patients was 31.4 years with a male to female ratio of 2:1. The presenting complaints were duodenal obstruction in six patients and subacute intestinal obstruction in three. None of the patients had associated pulmonary tuberculosis. Eight patients had isolated duodenal tuberculosis, two of whom were successfully treated with antitubercular drugs. In four patients, the diagnosis was established at laparotomy by the presence of tubercles over the duodenum. Five patients required a bypass procedure for obstruction caused by the duodenal tuberculosis and one patient was operated on for uncontrollable bleeding from a tubercular duodenal ulcer. All patients remained symptom free after treatment, whether medical or surgical. Thus, in areas where tuberculosis is endemic, even in the absence of pulmonary tuberculosis, duodenal tuberculosis should be suspected in patients with upper gastrointestinal obstruction or in patients with peptic ulcer like symptoms not responding to medical therapy
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Vijayraghavan, M., Arunabh, Sarda, A.K. et al. Duodenal tuberculosis: A review of the clinicopathologic features and management of twelve cases. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 20, 526–529 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471008
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