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ArticleJournal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract2019

Tuberculosis Mimicking Disseminated Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of a Sigmoid Carcinoma.

Tim Fahlbusch, Beat Künzli, Renate Schlottmann, Andrea Tannapfel, Waldemar Uhl, Chris Braumann

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Article in Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. [Treatment of abdominal tuberculosis : Background, diagnostics and treatment of a global problem].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tim FahlbuschDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany. t.fahlbusch@klinikum-bochum.de.
Beat KünzliDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Renate SchlottmannDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Andrea TannapfelInstitute of Pathology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Waldemar UhlDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Chris BraumannDepartment of General and Visceral Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
St. Josef-Hospital · DERuhr University Bochum · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA 76-year-old Moroccan patient with a medical history of sigmoid carcinoma suffered from weight loss of 15 kg and abdominal pain. Laparoscopy showed disseminated miliary peritoneal lesions, prima vista suspicious for disseminated peritoneal cancer spread.

methodsPatient's medical history was reprocessed and compared to recent literature via PubMed.

resultsPathological evaluation revealed granulomas and an infection with miliary intraabdominal tuberculosis (TB) was proven.

conclusionSymptoms of TB may vary and findings can be misleading. An interdisciplinary approach is needed for diagnosis and treatment.

Indexed as

AgedCarcinomaDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansLaparoscopyPeritoneal NeoplasmsPeritoneumPeritonitis, TuberculousSigmoid NeoplasmsGranulomaMiliary abdominal lesionsPeritoneal carcinomatosisSigmoid carcinomaTuberculosis

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PMID29736664
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