Brucellosis As a Cause of Intestinal Perforation

Iffat Noureen; Muhammad Hamza; Huma Sabir Khan; Saleha Khan; Muhammad Hanif

doi:10.7759/cureus.7075

Brucellosis As a Cause of Intestinal Perforation

Cureus. 2020 Feb 22;12(2):e7075. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7075.

Authors

Iffat Noureen¹, Muhammad Hamza², Huma Sabir Khan¹, Saleha Khan¹, Muhammad Hanif³

Affiliations

¹ Surgical Unit II, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, PAK.
² Surgery Unit II, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, PAK.
³ Surgical Unit II, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical Uninversity, Rawalpindi, PAK.

Abstract

Brucellosis is a multisystem zoonotic infection. Patients usually presents with fever and nonspecific systemic symptoms but may rarely present with clinical presentation of an acute abdomen. In this case report, we present a 32-year-old male who presented to the emergency department with symptoms of acute abdomen. Exploration revealed ileal perforation secondary to brucellosis, for which loop ileostomy was fashioned.

Keywords: acute abdomen; appendicitis; brucellosis; ileitis; ileostomy; intestinal perforation.

Publication types

Case Reports