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Endoscopy 1984; 16(1): 10-12
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1018516
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Peritoneal Tuberculosis

A. D. Jorge
  • Associate Professor, Dep. Medicine, Medical School Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina
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17 March 2008 (online)

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Summary

In a total of 8,400 laparoscopies performed over a period of 16 years, 42 cases of tuberculous peritonitis (0.5 %) were diagnosed. Free ascites with multiple yellowish-white nodules in the peritoneum, thickening and hyperemia and retraction of the greater omentum were found in 35 cases. Ascites with multiple adhesions in the peritoneum was observed in 4 cases, and peritoneal thickening and adhesions of the viscera without ascites were observed in only 3 cases. Tuberculous peritonitis was found to be associated with genital tuberculosis in 3 women, with hepatic tuberculosis in 2 cases, and with renal and hepatic tuberculosis in 1 case. Laparoscopic diagnosis was confirmed by intralaparoscopic biopsy in all cases.

Key words:

Tuberculosis - Peritonitis - Ascites - Laparoscopy - Biopsy