Peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking advanced ovarian carcinoma: an important differential diagnosis to consider

BACKGROUND: Female patients who present with ascites, adnexal masses and elevated CA125 levels are typically presumed to have advanced ovarian carcinoma. This can lead to radical surgery with its associated morbidity. An important differential diagnosis to consider is tuberculous peritonitis which c...

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Autores principales: Gosein, Maria A, Narinesingh, Dylan, Narayansingh, Gordon V, Bhim, Nazreen A, Sylvester, Pearse A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23510576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-88

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23510576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-6-88

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