Perforated duodenal tuberculosis with pancreaticobiliary disruption requiring salvage pancreaticoduodenectomy: a case report
Mirko Lombardi, Tulia Hadi, Bahati Kamwezi, Lugano Wilson, Lusekelo Mwalukambwe, Edrick Elias, Tresphory Boniphace Kamushaga, Shama Mkini, Agnes Mlawa · 2026
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Description
Mirko Lombardi and co-authors reported a rare surgical emergency in two thousand twenty-six. Tuberculosis of the duodenum is uncommon anywhere. A hole torn through it by the disease is rarer still. A young man in rural Tanzania came in with a burst abdomen. He had long suffered stomach pain and night sweats. A household contact with tuberculosis added to suspicion.
Emergency surgery found the gut outlet destroyed by disease. Surgeons removed the damaged section and rebuilt the path. Leaking pancreas-type fluid and jaundice forced a second operation. It revealed wreckage spreading into nearby organs. A tailored salvage operation removed the affected organs together. Tissue tests confirmed the tuberculosis diagnosis. The case shows the extreme surgery such disease can demand.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mirko Lombardi, Tulia Hadi, Bahati Kamwezi, Lugano Wilson, Lusekelo Mwalukambwe, Edrick Elias, Tresphory Boniphace Kamushaga, Shama Mkini, Agnes Mlawa |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |