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Peritoneal Tuberculosis in a Young Healthy Male Resembling Intra-Abdominal Malignancy
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Peritoneal Tuberculosis in a Young Healthy Male Resembling Intra-Abdominal Malignancy

Rema F Alrashed, Alhanouf A Alkhuwaylidi, Khloud A Aldashash, Naif A Albati, Abdullah A Algarni, Helayel Almodhaiberi and Ibrahim Al Hasan
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.13(12), p.e20677
25/12/2021
PMID: 35106218

Abstract

abdominal pain extra-pulmonary tuberculosis General Surgery Infectious Disease Internal Medicine intra-abdominal infection peritoneal tuberculosis (tb) tuberculosis
Intra-peritoneal tuberculosis is a rare disease, accounting for 1-2% of all tuberculosis cases. The absence of characteristic clinical picture of intra-peritoneal tuberculosis makes the diagnosis rarely easy for clinicians as it mimics malignancy. We present a case of a young male patient who presented with peritoneal tuberculosis, aiming to contribute to a better understanding of peritoneal tuberculosis in the literature.
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