CASE REPORT

Enterovesical fistula in an HIV patient - reactivation of tuberculosis as part of IRIS

Raumeen Gani^I; Savvas Andronikou^II

^IMB BCh; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
^IIMB BCh, FCRad (SA), FRCR (Lond), PhD; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

ABSTRACT

Enterovesical fistula is a known complication of tuberculosis (TB) of the abdomen. We present a case of a young HIV-infected man who developed an enterovesical fistula due to reactivation of TB as part of the immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).

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