Diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis: Experience from 11 cases and review of the literature

Table 1 Details of patients with abdominal tuberculosis

Case No.	Sex	Age (yr)	Clinical findings	Intervention	Diagnosis
1	M	38	Ascites, colonic obstruction, weight loss, weakness,	Laparotomy	Colon TB
			abdominal distension, anorexia, retroperitoneal
			lymphadenopathy, bowel wall thickening
2	F	26	Ascites, elevated CA-125 (× 4), abdominal mass,	Laparotomy	Peritoneal TB
			weight loss, weakness, abdominal pain, anorexia
3	M	40	Ascites, abdominal mass, enlarged lymph nodes,	Laparotomy	Colon TB
			weight loss, weakness, abdominal pain, abdominal
			distension, anorexia, bowel wall thickening
4	F	54	Ascites, elevated CA-125 (× 3), abdominal mass, weakness,	Laparotomy	Peritoneal TB
			abdominal pain, abdominal distension, night sweats
5	M	44	Ascites, omental thickening, enlarged lymph nodes,	Laparotomy	Peritoneal TB
			weakness, abdominal pain, anorexia
6	F	42	Ascites, tuboovarian mass, elevated CA-125 (× 4), weight	Laparotomy	Peritoneal TB
			loss, weakness, abdominal pain, night sweats
7	M	65	Ascites, abdominal mass, weight loss, weakness,	Laparotomy	Peritoneal TB
			abdominal pain, abdominal distension
8	F	51	Ascites, tuboovarian mass, positive family history	Laparotomy	Peritoneal TB
			of pulmonary TB, weight loss, weakness
9	F	18	Ascites, elevated CA-125 (× 4), tuboovarian mass, weight	Laparotomy	Peritoneal TB
			loss, weakness, abdominal distension
10	F	20	Ascites, omental thickening, weight loss, abdominal pain,	Fine needle aspiration	Peritoneal TB
			abdominal distension, anorexia, night sweats,
			retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy
11	F	40	Ascites, abdominal mass, positive family history of
			pulmonary TB, omental thickening, weight loss,	Fine needle aspiration	Peritoneal TB
			abdominal pain, abdominal distension, night sweats

Table 2 CT scan characteristics of patients with abdominal tuberculosis

CT findings	No. of patients (%)
Ascites	11 (100)
Pelvic mass	5 (45)
Retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy	4 (36)
Mesenteric stranding	4 (36)
Omental stranding	3 (27)
Bowel wall thickening	2 (18)
Mesenteric lymphadenopathy	2 (18)