Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is a disease that has affected human
beings since antiquity and is still a global health problem. The main site of TB is usually in the lung, from where it can
spread to other parts of the body. However, it can also present in extrapulmonary forms, the most common being the abdominal.
Abdominal tuberculosis is dened as an infection of the gastrointestinal tract, peritoneum, abdominal solid organs, and/or abdominal lymphatics.
Because its clinical symptoms are nonspecic, the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis requires a high clinical suspicion, especially in the
predisposed population
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