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tuberculous peritonitis
- etiology: 1) hematogenous spread
- 2) rupture of mesenteric node
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- types: 1) wet: exudative ascites
- 2) dry: tuberculous adenopathy and adhesions
- 3) fibrotic: abdominal mass with separation and fixation of bowel
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- CT: 1) high density ascites (30 HU)
- 2) peripancreatic and mesenteric adenopathy with low density
- centers (caseous necrosis)
- 3) irregular soft tissue density of omemtum
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- ** tuberculosis: gastrointestinal manifestations
Yong H. Hahn, MD - 2 February 1995
Last updated: 1 October 2013
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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