TUBERCULOSIS

TUBERCULOSIS

Although tuberculosis can a ff ect all systems in the body , in the tropical world the surgeon is most often faced with tuberculosis a ff ecting the cervical lymph nodes and the small intestine. Therefore, in this chapter tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis and tuberculosis of the small bowel will be described. TUBERCULOSIS

Although tuberculosis can a ff ect all systems in the body , in the tropical world the surgeon is most often faced with tuberculosis a ff ecting the cervical lymph nodes and the small intestine. Therefore, in this chapter tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis and tuberculosis of the small bowel will be described. TUBERCULOSIS

Although tuberculosis can a ff ect all systems in the body , in the tropical world the surgeon is most often faced with tuberculosis a ff ecting the cervical lymph nodes and the small intestine. Therefore, in this chapter tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis and tuberculosis of the small bowel will be described.