ANAL TUBERCULOSIS - REPORT OF ONE CASE

We report a 70 years old mall presenting with malaise, anal pain and p rogressive defecation difficulty, with a decrease in stool caliber. Th e patient had no contact or past history of tuberculosis. On physical examination, there was an ulcerated anal lesion with purulent discharg e that produced an anal stenosis. The patient had nrl erythrocyte sedi mentation rate 108 mm/h, Images of active tuberculosis' in both apical pulmonary lobes and a chronic tuberculous inflammation with caseation and epithelioid tubercles tuna observed in a biopsy of the anal lesio n. Treatment with antituberculous drugs Produced a categorical remissi on of anal lesions and after five months of therapy the patient is wel l.