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ArticleRespirology case reports2025

Peritoneal Tuberculosis Mimicking Cancerous Peritonitis With Elevated Serum Cancer Antigen 125 and Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 Levels: A Case Report.

Toshiki Morimoto, Kei Yamasaki, Rumiko Fujimasa, Atsushi Tohyama, Maika Meguro, Hiroaki Degawa, Riho Hirosawa, Hiroaki Ikegami, Masahiro Tahara, Takanobu Jotatsu and 1 more

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Toshiki MorimotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2898-5460
Kei YamasakiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine Wakamatsu Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-3287
Rumiko FujimasaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
Atsushi TohyamaDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
Maika MeguroDepartment of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
Hiroaki DegawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
Riho HirosawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
Hiroaki IkegamiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
Masahiro TaharaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
Takanobu JotatsuDepartment of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.
Kazuhiro YateraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan Kitakyushu Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2955-4432

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peritoneal tuberculosis (PTB) is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation that poses diagnostic challenges due to nonspecific clinical features and can mimic carcinomatous peritonitis, particularly in patients with ascites and elevated serum cancer antigen 125 (CA125) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9) levels. We report a 75-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis who was receiving certolizumab and developed massive ascites, elevated tumour markers, and pulmonary nodules. Laparoscopy revealed numerous miliary yellow-white nodules in the parietal peritoneum, and biopsy showed epithelioid granulomas with positive Ziehl-Neelsen staining. Sputum acid-fast bacilli culture and PCR for

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cancer antigen 125cancerous peritonitiscarbohydrate antigen 19‐9peritoneal tuberculosis

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PMCPMC12626439

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