Peritoneal tuberculosis presenting with portal vein thrombosis and transudative Ascites - a diagnostic dilemma: Case report

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-4

  Wariyapperuma, Ushani Mayurika ^a   Jayasundera, Champa Indrani Welikala ^a  

^a Sri Jayawardenapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Peritoneal tuberculosis; Portal vein thrombosis; Transudative ascites

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL PLUS ISONIAZID PLUS PYRAZINAMIDE PLUS RIFAMPICIN; LIVER ENZYME; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER FUNCTION; LOSS OF APPETITE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; THROMBOPHILIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ASCITES FLUID; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PORTAL VEIN; SRI LANKA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ASCITES; ASCITIC FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PORTAL VEIN; SRI LANKA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 84942580315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1122-6     Document Type: Article

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