Peritoneal Tuberculosis Mimicking Ovarian Cancer: Gynecologic Ultrasound Evaluation with Histopathological Confirmation

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Peritoneal tuberculosis (TBP) is a very rare condition, accounting for about 1–2% of all cases. The diagnosis TBP can be easily mistaken advanced ovarian cancer (AOC) or peritoneal carcinoma because overlapping laboratory and clinical findings. We reported the ultrasound characteristics case in 67-year-old woman who presented to our institute with 1-month history intermittent lower abdominal pain, fever, asthenia. Overall, 20 biopsy-retrieved specimen histopathological features were suggestive tuberculosis. Gynecologic revealed increased adnexa multiple nodular formations spread across surface, caseous nodules. Although this occurrence, clinicians should consider as differential cancer.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Gastroenterology Insights

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2036-7422', '2036-7414']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/gastroent12020024