Isolated tuberculosis of the appendix.

ABSTRACT

Although appendicular involvement in intestinal tuberculosis has been reported in 1.5-3% cases, the prevalence of isolated tuberculosis of appendix is a comparative rarity. We report a patient with provisional clinical diagnosis of appendicitis, who was found to have tuberculosis of appendix on histopathology, after interval appendicectomy. He had no detectable tubercular focus elsewhere in the body. Post-operatively, he was treated with anti-tubercular regimen with uncomplicated clinical recovery.