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Table 2 Distribution of patients according to clinical presentation

From: Tuberculous bowel obstruction at a university teaching hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: a surgical experience with 118 cases

Clinical presentation

Frequency

Percentage

Abdominal pain

118

100

Vomiting

98

83.1

Constipation

86

72.9

Weight loss

80

67.8

Fever

72

61.0

Abdominal distention

62

52.5

Diarrhea/constipation

25

21.2

Features of peritonism

16

13.6

Abdominal tenderness

82

69.5

Abdominal mass

6

5.1