STUDY OF 250 ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS CASES AT TERTIARY CARE TEACHING HOSPITAL IN FAISALABAD

Objectives: To highlight the importance of the rapidly spreading abdominal tuberculosis and raise concern in the medical community about its different presentation. Material: This is a prospective study of 250 cases of abdominal tuberculosis conducted at the surgical Units of Allied Hospital, Faisalabad for one-year duration from October 2019 to September 2020. Results: A total of 250 patients were treated during the study period, with women being the overwhelming majority of 58% (145). The mean age was 37.5 years and chronic abdominal pain was the main symptom in 65.6% (164) of patients, followed by weight loss and evening fever. 70% of patients had Hb