A clinical dilemma: abdominal tuberculosis

Table 1 Presenting symptoms (may be more than one in each patient) and signs and their frequency in patients (n = 32)

Symptoms and signs	Number of patients	Percentage (%)
Abdominal pain	16	51.2
Weight loss	16	51.2
Ascites	12	38.4
Diarrhea	10	32
Cough and sputum	6	19.2
Vomiting and nausea	5	16
Fever	4	12.8
Perforation	3	9.6
Bone pain	2	6.4
Night sweats	2	6.4
Urinary symptoms	1	3.2
Mass in the lower quadrant	1	3.2
Cervical pain	1	3.2
Evisseration following laparotomy	1	3.2
Incidental	1	3.2
Operation because of brid ileus	1	3.2

Table 2 Abdominal ultrasonographic findings (may be more than one in each patient) and their frequency in the patients (n = 26)

Abdominal USG findings	Number of patients	Percentage (%)
Normal	4	17.2
Ascites	14	53.2
Hepatomegaly	4	17.2
Thickening	3	11.4
Atrophic	2	7.6
Abdominal	2	7.6
Hepatosteatosis	2	7.6
Splenomegaly	1	3.8
Pericardial	1	3.8
LAP	1	3.8
Calcifications	1	3.8