Primary tuberculous appendicitis presented with caecal perforation:A case report

<正>Gastrointestinal tuberculosis accounts for 3%of the extrapulmonary tuberculosis with ileocaecal region being the common site of involvement up to 75%.Primary involvement of appendix is very rare and accounts for only 0.6%to 2.9%of gastrointestinal tuberculosis in the absence tubercular focus elsewhere.The pre-operative investigations usually give non-specific results. The diagnosis in most instances made only after histopathology.Here we report a case of primary appendicular tuberculosis in a patient presented with caecal perforation.