Tuberculosis is an important concern in numerous countries across the globe. Training is usually focused on pulmonary tuberculosis, and the nuances of diagnosis and management of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, including abdominal tuberculosis, are not usually emphasized. This book details the varied presentations and mimics of tubercular involvement of the abdomen and the gastrointestinal system . .
The book provides clear guidance to the clinicians to diagnosis and manage the varied forms of abdominal tuberculosis. The chapters also touch on areas of controversy and confusion. Chapters are focused on each of the sites (intestinal, peritoneal, gastroduodenal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic), modalities for evaluation (histology, microbiology, radiology, endoscopic ultrasound, nuclear medicine), differential diagnosis, and follow-up including response to treatment. Separate chapters have also been devoted to pediatric abdominal TB, therapy-related hepatitis, and considerations in immunocompromised states such as HIV.
Therefore, this book will help practice clinicians and serve as a one-stop resource for graduate students in internal medicine and fellows training in gastroenterology.
Table of Content
Abdominal Tuberculosis: A historical perspective.- Epidemiology of abdominal tuberculosis.- Classification of abdominal tuberculosis.- Esophageal Tuberculosis.- Gastroduodenal tuberculosis
Intestinal Tuberculosis.- Differentiating Intestinal tuberculosis from Crohn’s disease.- Imaging for intestinal tuberculosis.- Peritoneal Tuberculosis: An overview.- Differentiating peritoneal tuberculosis and peritoneal carcinomatosis.- Imaging for peritoneal tuberculosis.- Ascitic fluid testing for peritoneal tuberculosis.- Hepatic tuberculosis.- Biliary and gallbladder tuberculosis.- Pancreatic tuberculosis
Histology for the diagnosis of Abdominal Tuberculosis.- Microbiological diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis.- Endoscopic ultrasound for gastrointestinal tuberculosis.- Nuclear medicine in abdominal tuberculosis.- Response to therapy in abdominal tuberculosis.- Surgery for abdominal tuberculosis.- Antitubercular therapy-related hepatitis.- Pediatric abdominal tuberculosis
Immunodeficiency and Abdominal Tuberculosis.
About the author
Dr Vishal Sharma is an Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the prestigious Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh. He joined the institute after his initial medical training at the University college of Medical Sciences, Delhi. His research interests are in the field of Inflammatory bowel diseases and Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis. He has authored more than 325 peer reviewed papers and serves on editorial board of many journals. He has received the Dr SR Naik Memorial Award and Dr Om Prakash Memorial awards of Indian Society for Gastroenterology and Smt Pawan Kumari Jain award and Dr MJ Shah memorial award of the Association of Physicians of India.
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