Most common site of gastrointestinal TB:
Correct Answer: Terminal ileum
Description: Ans. (c) Terminal ileum(Ref: Robbins 9th/pg 375-376)Extrapulmonary TB:MC site is lymph node Q, MC cervical & supraclavicular ("Scrofula") QPleural involvement: Exudative Q Pleural effusion, tuberculous empyema, or obliterative fibrous pleuriticGenitourinary TB: sterile pyuria Q; Preferentially involves fallopian tube Q in females & epididymis Q in malesSkeletal TB: Most common site spine Q (Pott's disease) Q > hip > kneeTB meningitis (paresis of cranial nerves especially ocular, is frequent finding) QIn Gastro-intestinal (GI) TB: MC site terminal ileum and caecum Q
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