ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Differential Diagnosis of Abdominal Tuberculosis in the Adult-Literature Review.
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- Diagnostic performance of adenosine deaminase for abdominal tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
- Peritoneal and nodal abdominal tuberculosis presenting as intestinal obstruction mimicking malignancy: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2026Article
- The Overlap Between Crohn's Disease and Intestinal Tuberculosis: A Never-Ending Story.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Review
- Evaluation of TST/C-TST combination for latent tuberculosis infection screening: diagnostic performance and cost-effectiveness compared to TST/IGRAs.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Coexistence of rectal adenocarcinoma and rectal and lymph node tuberculosis: a case report with a limited narrative review.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Internal hernia as a rare cause of small bowel obstruction: An insight from 13 years of experience.World journal of clinical cases · 2025Article
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- Miliary Tuberculosis Initially Presenting as an Isolated Hepatic Abscess.The Korean journal of gastroenterology = Taehan Sohwagi Hakhoe chi · 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
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- A New Artificial Intelligence-Based Method for Identifying Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Ziehl-Neelsen Stain on Tissue.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Rare Case of Intestinal Tuberculosis with Chronic Partial Small Bowel Obstruction in a 37-Year-Old Ethiopian Man.International medical case reports journal · 2022Article
- Intestinal tuberculosis with perforation in an immunocompetent adult presenting with chronic abdominal pain: A case report.Medicine internationalArticle
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Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health issue that affects mostly, but not exclusively, developing countries. Abdominal TB is difficult to detect at first, with the incidence ranging from 10% to 30% of individuals with lung TB. Symptoms are non-specific, examinations can be misleading, and biomarkers commonly linked with other diseases can also make appropriate diagnosis difficult. As a background for this literature review, the method used was to look into the main characteristics and features of abdominal tuberculosis that could help with differentiation on the PubMed, Science Direct, and Academic Oxford Journals databases. The results were grouped into three categories: A. general features (the five forms of abdominal tuberculosis: wet and dry peritonitis, lymphadenopathy, lesions at the level of the cavitary organs, lesions at the level of the solid organs), B. different intra-abdominal organs and patterns of involvement (oesophageal, gastro-duodenal, jejunal, ileal, colorectal, hepatosplenic, and pancreatic TB with calcified lymphadenopathy, also with description of extraperitoneal forms), and C. special challenges of the differential diagnosis in abdominal TB (such as diagnostic overlap, the disease in transplant candidates and transplant recipients, and zoonotic TB). The study concluded that, particularly in endemic countries, any disease manifesting with peritonitis, lymphadenopathy, or lesions at the level of the intestines or solid organs should have workups and protocols applied that can confirm/dismiss the suspicion of abdominal tuberculosis.
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