TB Research

Fistulized Retroperitoneal Mass with Skin Suggestive of Retroperitoneal Tuberculosis

Dahbi Skali Laila, Moufid Abdellah, Azzouz Lotfi, Benamar Said, J. Mdaghri, R. Mssrouri, Settaf Abdellatif

SAS Journal of Surgery · 2022-08

Abstract

Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is becoming more and more frequent, especially in endemic countries such as Morocco, it is manifested by very variable and non-specific clinical pictures which can be the cause of a diagnostic and therapeutic delay. We report the case of a 31-year-old woman, in whom a laparotomy was indicated for a retroperitoneal mass fistulized to the skin, allowing the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

MeSH terms

  • Laparotomy
  • Medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Radiology
  • Surgery
  • Intensive care medicine