Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is a commonly presenting ileocecal disease. Appendiceal tuberculosis results from secondary to either ileocecal tuberculosis, or tuberculosis at other sites of the abdomen. "Isolated" form of tuberculosis affecting appendix only, without evidence of disease elsewhere, is very rare. We report on two cases of isolated appendiceal tuberculosis initially presenting as acute appendicitis. Each case was proven as tuberculosis by acid fast bacilli or caseous necrosis in pathology. Colonoscopy and abdominal computed tomography showed neither intestinal nor intra-abdominal disease.

• 박원일(성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 내과학교실) | Won Il Park Corresponding author
• 나건웅(성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 내과학교실) | Gun Wung Na
• 김준영(성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 내과학교실) | Jun Young Kim
• 이경빈(성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 내과학교실) | Kyung Been Lee
• 이원재(성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 내과학교실) | Won Jae Lee
• 나정구(성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 내과학교실) | Jeong Gu Na
• 오지은(성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 내과학교실) | Ji Eun Oh