AU - Faridi, Shahbaz AU - Siddiqui, Bushra AU - Singh, Kaushal AU - Aslam, Mohammad TI - Port site tuberculosis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare complication with review of literature PT - CASE DP - 2016 Apr 1 TA - International Journal of Health & Allied Sciences PG - 123-125 VI - 5 IP - 2 4099- https://www.ijhas.in/article.asp?issn=2278-344X;year=2016;volume=5;issue=2;spage=123;epage=125;aulast=Faridi;type=0 4100- https://www.ijhas.in/article.asp?issn=2278-344X;year=2016;volume=5;issue=2;spage=123;epage=125;aulast=Faridi AB - Laparoscopic procedures are routinely performed in most surgical centers today. Surgical site infections at port sites following laparoscopy are not uncommon. However, port site tuberculosis (TB) is a rare complication following a laparoscopic procedure. The possible causes of its development include improper sterilization of instruments, use of tap water containing resistant atypical mycobacteria to clean these instruments before immersion into glutaraldehyde solution; and seeding at the port site due to gall bladder TB. We report here a case of a young female who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy outside our hospital and then developed a discharging sinus at the epigastric port site. Three attempts of debridement and wound closure had already been done before and every time there was a recurrence. Sinus tract was excised after getting the sinogram, and the histopathology showed features consistent with TB. The patient was put on anti-tubercular therapy, and she had no recurrence after 3 months of follow-up.