Tuberculosis is a multi-organ disease. The incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis is declining due to improvement in public health, vaccination and the development of anti-tuberculosis medication, but extrapulmonary tuberculosis has become more common, especially in immuno-compromised individuals, AIDS patients and immigrants to western worlds. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis continues to give rise to diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. The jejunal tuberculosis is uncommon and presents a difficult diagnostic problem. Bleeding jejunal tuberculosis is a very rare source of lower gastrointestinal bleeding. We have recently experienced a case of a jejunal tuberculosis which was proven to be a source of gastrointestinal bleeding by intraoperative endoscopy and was confirmed by surgical exploration. This report summarized our experience and review of literature.
Emigrants and Immigrants ; Endoscopy* ; Hemorrhage* ; Humans ; Incidence ; Public Health ; Tuberculosis* ; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal ; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary ; Vaccination ; Western World