Incidental detection of disseminated peritoneal tuberculosis-varied presentation

Background Incidental peritoneal tuberculosis represents an uncommon variety of peritoneal tuberculosis and surgeons must be aware of this entity particularly in tuberculosis endemic zones. Methods We prospectively analysed cases of incidental peritoneal tuberculosis detected during surgery over a period of last six months. Results We herein describe three such cases of incidental peritoneal TB detected during surgical exploration for other reasons. Conclusion Diagnosis of disseminated peritoneal tuberculosis often remains a challenging task owing to its non specific clinical presentation and difficulty arises on seeing such a picture intraoperative and raises a question whether to proceed with the decided surgery or not. Frozen section can help in guiding further management but it is not definitive.