Pelvic-peritoneal tuberculosis simulating peritoneal carcinomatosis: High clinical suspicion and a minimally invasive procedure

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 280, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 867-868

  Adali, Ertan ^a   Dulger, Cumhur ^a   Kolusari, Ali ^a   Kurdoglu, Mertihan ^a   Yildizhan, Recep ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Ascites; Carcinomatosis; Peritoneal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; CA 125 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; ASCITIC FLUID; CA-125 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS;

EID: 70349492693     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1165-2     Document Type: Article

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