[Clinical picture of tuberculous peritonitis]

The clinical picture of tuberculous peritonitis in productive form with formation of an abdominal tumour 18 x 20 cm in dimensions is described. The patient was a boy aged 19 years from rural environment. The diagnosis was based on bacteriological investigations, histological examination and clinical manifestations. Attention is called to diagnostic difficulties in cases of tuberculous peritonitis without positive tuberculin tests and with pulmonary fibronodular tuberculosis.