TY - JOUR
T1 - Tuberculous peritonitis
AU - Srivastava, Udayan
AU - Almusa, Omar
AU - Tung, Ka wah
AU - Heller, Matthew T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 The Authors.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Tuberculous peritonitis is a serious condition with rising prevalence in recent years. It is especially common in those patients with risk factors such as an immunocompromised state, chronic kidney disease, or cirrhosis/liver disease. Spread is typically hematogenous from pulmonary foci. We report on a 34-year-old man who presented with initial complaints of cough, low-grade fevers, abdominal pain, and nausea/vomiting. Chest x-ray showed a cluster of nodular opacities on the right upper lobe, and a CT scan showed diffuse thickening and nodularity of the omentum with prominent mesenteric lymph nodes, consistent with tuberculous peritonitis.
AB - Tuberculous peritonitis is a serious condition with rising prevalence in recent years. It is especially common in those patients with risk factors such as an immunocompromised state, chronic kidney disease, or cirrhosis/liver disease. Spread is typically hematogenous from pulmonary foci. We report on a 34-year-old man who presented with initial complaints of cough, low-grade fevers, abdominal pain, and nausea/vomiting. Chest x-ray showed a cluster of nodular opacities on the right upper lobe, and a CT scan showed diffuse thickening and nodularity of the omentum with prominent mesenteric lymph nodes, consistent with tuberculous peritonitis.
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U2 - 10.2484/rcr.v9i3.971
DO - 10.2484/rcr.v9i3.971
M3 - Article
C2 - 27186257
AN - SCOPUS:84955479962
SN - 1930-0433
VL - 9
SP - 971
JO - Radiology Case Reports
JF - Radiology Case Reports
IS - 3
M1 - 971
ER -