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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Abdominal tuberculosis with a Pseudo-Sister Mary Joseph nodule mimicking peritoneal carcinomatosis.

Amine Awad, Tom Pampiglione, Zaker Ullah

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 43% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amine AwadWhipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, London, UK.
Tom PampiglioneWhipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, London, UK.
Zaker UllahWhipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, London, UK.
Whipps Cross University Hospital · GBQueen Mary University of London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 46-year-old woman presented in severe abdominal pain on a background of 3 months of weight loss and intermittent vomiting. She had visited East Africa 6 months prior but reported no unwell contacts. On examination, she had generalised abdominal tenderness, distension and a painful paraumbilical swelling. CT scanning confirmed small bowel obstruction and revealed widespread peritoneal nodules, lymphadenopathy, ascites and a soft tissue paraumbilical mass. CA-125 tumour marker was elevated. However, transvaginal ultrasound scanning showed normal-appearing ovaries. She underwent a diagnostic laparoscopy for ascitic fluid analysis and biopsy of omental and peritoneal nodules, which revealed a lymphocytic exudate and caseating granulomas, respectively. Interferon-γ release assay and repeated stains for acid-fast bacilli were negative. She was commenced on antituberculous chemotherapy for a presumed diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis. Positive culture results 2 weeks later confirmed

Indexed as

LaparoscopyAbdomenAbdominal PainDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHumansMiddle AgedPeritoneal NeoplasmsPeritonitis, TuberculousSister Mary Joseph's NoduleTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment Outcomehepatitis and other GI infectionsTB and other respiratory infections

Identifiers

PMID31217214
PMCPMC6586203
OpenAlexW2951497276

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