CT appearances of abdominal tuberculosis

Lee, W.-K.; Tonder, Frans van; Tartaglia, Con; Dagia, Charuta; Cazzato, Roberto Luigi; Duddalwar, Vinay; Chang, Silvia D.

doi:10.1016/j.crad.2011.11.003

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“…Ascites, thickened peritoneum and mesentery, lymphadenomegaly, and omental involvement are common imaging findings. Fine septations in the ascitic fluid are a finding that suggests tuberculosis (61,62). Enlarged lymph nodes may appear as hypodense areas on CT due to central calcification.…”

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Pooled analysis of 163 published tuberculous peritonitis cases from Turkey

2018

Turk J Med Sci

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Pooled analysis of 163 published tuberculous peritonitis cases from Turkey

2018

Turk J Med Sci

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“…In late or inactive echinococcal cysts, antihelminthic treatment is not indicated, and the decision for a surgical option is guided by symptoms of the patients [8]. Diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis is less straightforward because the radiological morphology is unspecific [2,7]. Peritoneal thickening may be noticed upon very careful examination in ultrasound and MRI scans [9].…”

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“…Coexistence with lymphadenopathy (seen more commonly in tuberculosis than sarcoidosis), ascites, splenomegaly and splenic lesions may point to the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis [9]. Peritoneal carcinosis and abdominal sarcoidosis are important differential diagnoses [2].…”

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“…While the typical site is pulmonary, whereby 28% were smear-positive and 47% were smear-unknown, the remaining 28% of new cases reported were extrapulmonary [1]. In patients with abdominal tuberculosis, multiple sites are affected in 27%, while 36 to 47% show concomitant pulmonary involvement upon further examination [2]. Peritoneal tuberculosis accounts for 2% of abdominal manifestations [2].…”

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Abdominal Tuberculosis: a Benign Differential Diagnosis for Peritoneal Carcinosis: Report of a Case

Schweinfurth¹

2014

Mycobact Dis

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Tuberculosis remains a challenge in medicine despite availability of antibiotic treatments. Latent tuberculosis is found in a third of the world's population. Abdominal tuberculosis is a rare condition in high-income countries, with peritoneal tuberculosis and splenic abscess occurring even less frequently, even in countries with higher prevalence of abdominal tuberculosis. We describe such an uncommon constellation of peritoneal tuberculosis and splenic abscess. Our case demonstrates the challenges in diagnosing abdominal tuberculosis, providing the caveat that tuberculosis should be kept in mind whenever unspecific findings occur in abdominal imaging or unusual surgical findings. In our case, thorough history-taking -including explicit questionings about tuberculosis exposition decades ago -provided the only lead pointing towards the correct interpretation of otherwise unspecific findings. In our case, tuberculosis as a differential diagnosis to peritoneal carcinosis was only implied after histopathological evaluation, followed by timely diagnostics for pulmonary involvement and potential infectiousness.

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“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection remains a challenge to human health (1,2). Although abdominal TB is uncommon, the peritoneum is commonly involved in patients with abdominal TB infection (3,4).…”

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Evaluation of a tuberculous abscess on the right side of the diaphragm with contrast-enhanced computed tomography: A case report

Dong

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Wang

2016

Molecular and Clinical Oncology

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Abstract.We herein investigate the case of a patient with a tuberculous diaphragmatic abscess confirmed by pathology. The patient underwent plain computed tomography (CT) examination of the chest and contrast-enhanced abdominal CT examination. The abscess appeared as hypodense mass with thick and irregular wall, which was enhanced on the contrast-enhanced CT images. The shape of the mass resembled an irregular double convex lens. No enlarged lymph nodes were detected on the CT images. The presence of a tuberculous diaphragmatic abscess should be suspected in patients with a diaphragmatic hypodense mass with enhanced thick walls, even when there is absence of enlarged lymph nodes on the CT images.

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CT appearances of abdominal tuberculosis

Cited by 81 publications

References 48 publications

Pooled analysis of 163 published tuberculous peritonitis cases from Turkey

Pooled analysis of 163 published tuberculous peritonitis cases from Turkey

Abdominal Tuberculosis: a Benign Differential Diagnosis for Peritoneal Carcinosis: Report of a Case

Evaluation of a tuberculous abscess on the right side of the diaphragm with contrast-enhanced computed tomography: A case report

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