Peritoneal Tuberculosis Simulating an Ovarian Tumor at the Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Stage: A Case Report

The peritoneal location of tuberculosis can simulate advanced ovarian cancer. It’s a diagnostic problem due to the non-accessibility of specific examinations. We report a case of 41-year-old female with pseudo-tumoral peritoneal tuberculosis, suspecting ovarian cancer, associated with peritoneal carcinomatosis. The diagnosis was made on exploratory laparotomy and biopsy of the peritoneal granulations, the patient was put under a classic anti-tuberculosis therapeutic regimen (2ERHZ/4RH), with good outcomes. It’s essential before any invasive ovarian surgery to provide histological proof of the cancerous nature of the lesions. This attitude would not be substituted by experience.