Laparoscopic diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis mimicking ovarian malignancy

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 540-542

  Ding, Dah Ching ^a   Chu, Tang Yuan ^a  

^a TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CA 125 ANTIGEN; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANOREXIA; ASCITES; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALAISE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; OVARY CANCER; PARACENTESIS; RECTOUTERINE POUCH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; UTERINE TUBE; UTERUS;

EID: 84855223792     PISSN: 10284559     EISSN: 18756263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tjog.2011.10.028     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Maher D., Dye C., Floyd K., Pantoja A., Lonnroth K., Reid A., et al. Planning to improve global health: the next decade of tuberculosis control. Bull World Health Organ 2007, 85:341-347.
2. Hsueh P.R., Liu Y.C., So J., Liu C.Y., Yang P.C., Luh K.T. Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Taiwan. J Infect 2006, 52:77-85.
3. Marcus S.F., Rizk B., Fountain S., Brinsden P. Tuberculous infertility and invitro fertilization. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1994, 171:1593-1596.
4. Balci O., Karatayli R., Capar M. Pelvic tuberculosis mimicking peritonitis carcinomatosis and diagnosed by laparoscopy. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2009, 48:311-313.
5. Rose A.M., Watson J.M., Graham C., Nunn A., Drobniewski F., Ormerod L., et al. Tuberculosis at the end of the 20th century in England and Wales: results of a national survey in 1998. Thorax 2001, 56:173-179.
6. Nogales-Ortiz F., Tarancon I., Nogales F.F. The pathology of female genital tuberculosis. A 31-year study of 1436 cases. Obstet Gynecol 1979, 53:422-428.
7. Hsu C.W., Hu S.C., Hsu Y.H., Liu S.W. Genital tuberculosis with presentation of spontaneous abortion in a patient with miliary tuberculosis. Tzu Chi Med J 2009, 21:331-333.
8. Cheng M.H., Yen M.S., Chao K.C., Sheu B.C., Wang P.H. Differential diagnosis of gynecologic organ-related diseases in women presenting with ascites. Taiwan J Obstet Gynecol 2008, 47:384-390.
9. Brodie D., Schluger N.W. The diagnosis of tuberculosis. Clin Chest Med 2005, 26:247-271. vi.
10. Bilgin T., Karabay A., Dolar E., Develioglu O.H. Peritoneal tuberculosis with pelvic abdominal mass, ascites and elevated CA 125 mimicking advanced ovarian carcinoma: a series of 10 cases. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2001, 11:290-294.
11. Piura B., Rabinovich A., Leron E., Yanai-Inbar I., Mazor M. Peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking ovarian carcinoma with ascites and elevated serum CA-125: case report and review of literature. Eur J Gynaecol Oncol 2002, 23:120-122.
12. Mannella P., Genazzani A.R., Simoncini T. Pelvic tuberculosis mimicking advanced ovarian cancer. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2010, 17:143-145.
13. Schumer S.T., Cannistra S.A. Granulosa cell tumor of the ovary. J Clin Oncol 2003, 21:1180-1189.
14. Vinatier D., Dufour P., Cosson M., Querleu D. Laparoscopy in gynaecological cancer. Surg Oncol 1996, 5:211-220.