Tuberculosis Peritonitis Mimicking Ovarian Cancer in a 20-Year-Old Woman: A Case Report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-54

  Adsuar, Natalie ^a   Blanchette, Howard ^a   Kilchevsky, Eitan ^a  

^a DANBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ovarian cancer; Peritonitis, tuberculous; Tuberculosis, peritoneal

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642495691     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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