The report is on the clinical analysis of 57 patients of intestinal tuberculosis
who were treated at Ewha Womans University hospital for last 6 years from
Jan. 1075 to Dec. ` 1980.
The results are sumrnerized as follows;
1. The male to female ratio 1 : 1.85 (m, 20 f,37) and the peak incidence was
between twenties and forties dca.des (68.4%).
2. The frequent incidence of interval from onset of sympton to visit; hospital
was within 3 months as 82.5%. }
3. The frequent subjective symptoms were abdominal pain, abdominal distensi-
on, abdominal mass and diarrhea.
4. There were 23 cases (40,4%) of tuberculous disease in his pastmedical his-
tory,
5. The positive physical findings were abodominal tenderness (49%), ascites
{28.1%), abdominal mass (26.3%), fever (24.6%), abdominal rigidity (14.
0%) and generalized edema (12.3%) in the order of frequency.
6. The chest P-A revealed negative in 56.10% of all patients.
7. The C.B.0 findings showed anemia in 47.40/0, elevated E.S.R in 86% and
normal range of W.B.0 count with elevated number of polymorphocyte.
8. The postoperative complications were wound infection, intestinal obstruction
and fecal fistula, etc.
9. The everall motality rate was 5.30;
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