Tuberculosis Localized in the Vermiform Appendix

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Abstract
TUBERCULOSIS localized in the vermiform appendix as the only tuberculous lesion in the body is relatively rare. As such it is recognized only by pathological examination after appendectomy for supposed acute suppurative appendicitis. In one case recorded in the literature it was disclosed only at autopsy after an antemortem clinical diagnosis of peritoneal carcinoma.1 In another case, in which the patient died after the removal of the appendix, which proved to be tuberculous, autopsy failed to reveal any other tuberculous lesion except secondary involvement of the ileocecal lymph nodes.2 It is not uncommon, however, to find the appendix involved when . . .

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