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Tuberculous peritonitis: ultrasonic diagnosis
O Akhan1, F B Demirkazik, A Demirkazik
1Department of Radiology, University of Hacettepe, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
Journal of Clinical Ultrasound : JCU
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
Tuberculous peritonitis is an uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis and specific radiologic features of it have not been defined. The diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis has been made prospectively in 4 patients with sonography. The findings included free ascites; multiple, fine, delicate septations and incomplete mobile strands of fibrin; peritoneal thickening and nodularity. In the differential diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis, peritoneal carsinomatosis, peritoneal mesothelioma, pyogenic peritonitis, and hemoperitoneum should be considered.