ArticleCase reports in medicine2012
TB Peritonitis Mistaken for Ovarian Carcinomatosis Based on an Elevated CA-125.
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- When peritoneal tuberculosis mimics advanced ovarian cancer: A laparoscopic case from an endemic region.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- CA 125 and TB.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Etiopathogenesis, Challenges and Remedies Associated With Female Genital Tuberculosis: Potential Role of Nuclear Receptors.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- A diagnostic approach for differentiating abdominal tuberculosis from ovarian malignancy: a case series and literature review.BMC proceedings · 2019Article
- A Rare Cause of Ascites-Disseminated TB with Peritonitis in a Middle-Aged Female.Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2019Article
- A case report of peritoneal tuberculosis with multiple miliary peritoneal deposits mimicking advanced ovarian carcinoma.Caspian journal of internal medicine · 2016Article
- Large bilateral tubercular pyosalpinx in a young woman with genitourinary malformation: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2014Article
- Peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking advanced ovarian carcinoma: an important differential diagnosis to consider.BMC research notes · 2013Article
- A patient with tuberculous peritonitis with very high serum CA 125.BMJ case reports · 2012Article
- An Uncommon Presentation of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Masquerading as Ovarian Malignancy in a Young Female.Indian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, IndiaArticle
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Abstract
Background. In the United States, tuberculosis (TB) is of relatively low prevalence and most newly diagnosed patients are born outside of the United States. In addition, a large percentage (20.6%) of TB cases initially present with extrapulmonary manifestations (CDC, 2010). Cases of TB peritonitis are a diagnostic challenge in women due to the nonspecific clinical features overlapping with signs of ovarian cancer. (Kosseifi et al., 2009; Rashed et al., 2007; and Xi et al., 2010). We present a 27 year-old woman thought to have ovarian carcinomatosis based on elevated levels of CA-125 who was ultimately diagnosed with TB salpingitis, endometritis, and peritonitis. Methods. This brief report is a retrospective case report. Results. This case outlines the unfortunate consequences of the misdiagnosis of what probably was an antibiotic responsive illness, resulting in an unnecessarily aggressive surgical procedure. The delay in the diagnosis of tuberculous pertitonitis resulted in an unnecessary radical resection of the patient's reproductive organs. Conclusions. Patients with TB peritonitis present with non-specific signs that may be misdiagnoses as ovarian cancer. In differentiating between ovarian carcinomatosis and peritoneal TB, it is vital to consider country of origin, age, CA-125, ascitic fluid analysis, and the use of intra-operative frozen sections.
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