2021
DOI: 10.5348/101208z01cf2021cr
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Abdominal tuberculosis masquerading as carcinomatosis: Not difficult to miss!

Abstract: Introduction: Abdominal tuberculosis (ATB) is a rare extrapulmonary manifestation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. It usually presents with nonspecific symptoms that can mimic other intra-abdominal conditions like acute appendicitis, Crohn's disease, ovarian pathology, and intra-peritoneal carcinomatosis and is therefore, easy to overlook. Diagnosing ATB in the pediatrics population tends to be even more challenging as an obvious history of exposure may be difficult to obtain. Chronicity of symptoms an… Show more

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