Medknow Publications on behalf of Association of Surgeons of India
Abstract
A 25-year-old woman presented with intermittent pain in the right
hypochondrium, and low-grade fever of six months duration. A diagnosis
of acute on chronic cholecystitis was made. On exploratory laparotomy,
the gall bladder was filled with pus and stones. A diagnosis of
tuberculosis was made postoperatively by sending the pus for
microbiological, and gall bladder for histopathological examination.
The pus grew acid-fast bacilli. On culture, the pus and the stone grew
mycobacterium tuberculosis. Anti-tubercular therapy resulted in
complete recovery
