IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-9-1-23650 Original Research Paper Intestinal tuberculosis presenting as bilateral inguinal hernia - A rare presentation. Bharti Devi Thaker Dr. January 2020 9 1 01 02 ABSTRACT

Though abdominal tuberculosis is common, it is rare to primarily diagnose it through contents of an inguinal hernia. A young patient male presented with bilateral inguinal hernia. He was operated upon and contents of hernia sac were sent to our laboratory. On histopathologic examination showed multible granulomas.Ziehl Neelson staining was done which came out to be positive. Diagnosis of tuberculosis was made and patient was treated with antitubercular drugs effectively.