ArticleBMJ case reports2020
Diagnosing peritoneal tuberculosis.
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- Atypical tuberculous peritonitis presenting as a peritoneal pseudocyst in an immunocompetent adult: insights from a case and literature review.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Laparoscopy and Peritoneal Biopsy in the Diagnosis of Peritoneal Tuberculosis: A Case Report.Clinical case reports · 2026Article
- Peritoneal Tuberculosis in a Female Patient Mimicking Peritoneal Carcinomatosis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
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- Lymphocyte-Predominant Ascites as a Clue to Peritoneal Tuberculosis: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- Hidden in Plain Sight: Peritoneal Tuberculosis Mimicking Ovarian Neoplasm-A Case Report.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Article
- Ultrasonography and Biomarkers in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Peritoneal Tuberculosis: A Case Series Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Recurrent Abdominal Wall Abscess as an Atypical Presentation of Peritoneal Tuberculosis: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Rectal Administration of Rifampicin and Isoniazid Suppositories: An Alternative Approach for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in a Patient with Multiple Comorbidities.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Intestinal non-Hodgkin lymphoma with peritoneal lymphomatosis mimicking acute appendicitis.Journal of surgical case reports · 2025Article
- Peritoneal Tuberculosis in a Patient on Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Journal of Brown hospital medicine · 2025Article
- Peritoneal Tuberculosis and the Associated Diagnostic Challenges in Gynecology: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Abdominal Tuberculosis in a Young Female Immigrant-"the Great Masquerader" in a Nonendemic Country-a Case Report and Literature Review.Materia socio-medica · 2025Article
- Early diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients using the T-SPOT test.CEN case reports · 2024Article
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- Acute abdomen revealing abdominal tuberculosis complicated by a proximal jejunal perforation: Case report.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Comments and Illustrations of Ultrasound Findings in Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Manifestations.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Peritoneal tuberculosis masquerading as an ovarian malignancy in a young female: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- Tuberculosis screening characteristics amongst freshmen in Changping District, Beijing, China.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
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Abstract
Peritoneal tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most challenging forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis to diagnose. This challenge can be compounded in low incidence regions, and in patients with cirrhosis in whom the presence of ascites alone may not prompt further investigation. A delay in the diagnosis and treatment of peritoneal tuberculosis may lead to worse clinical outcomes. This case describes a 64-year-old Italian male with decompensated cirrhosis being evaluated for liver transplantation, who developed abdominal pain and a persistent inflammatory ascites with peritoneal thickening despite antibiotic therapy. Peritoneal tuberculosis was suspected, although non-invasive and invasive direct mycobacterial testing remained negative. A constellation of positive QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-Tube test, elevated ascitic adenosine deaminase and dramatic symptomatic and radiographic response to empiric anti-tuberculous therapy confirmed the diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis. This paper will review the approach to the diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis.
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