TB Research

Peritoneal tuberculosis with a clinical presentation similar to ovarian cancer

Kiki Nirmawati, Musofa Rusli

International Journal of Health Sciences · 2022-09

Abstract

The approach to diagnosing peritoneal tuberculosis in patients is complex and often overlaps with other obstetric and gynecologic diseases. A 27-year-old woman with complaints of abdominal mass went to the DOTS clinic after surgical removal of an ovarian mass. Clinical, laboratory, and histopathological abdominal CT scans showed a picture of tuberculosis. The patient was then treated with a TB regimen and as a result his clinical condition improved and the mass shrank.

MeSH terms

  • Medicine
  • Tuberculosis
  • Ovarian cancer
  • Presentation (obstetrics)
  • Abdominal mass
  • Regimen
  • Abdominal tuberculosis
  • Surgery
  • Radiology
  • General surgery
  • Cancer