Abdominopelvic Mass Revealing Tuberculosis in a Young Woman

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and remains a health problem, especially in developing countries. Abdominal location represents 5 to 10% of all locations. The clinical symptoms are not very specific, and the discovery of an abdominal mass in a context of de...

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Published in:Case reports in surgery 2021-06, Vol.2021, p.1-4
Main Authors: ELmajdoubi, Hicham, EL Yahiyaoui, Mariam, Baiss, Marouane, Bouzroud, Mohamed, Aboulfeth, El Mehdi, Najih, Mohammed, Bouchentouf, Sidi Mohamed, ELkaoui, Hakim, Bounaim, Ahmed
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Language:English
Subjects:
Abdomen
Case Report
Case reports
Complications
Developing countries
Diagnosis
Etiology
Infectious diseases
LDCs
Localization
Lymph nodes
Lymphatic system
Lymphoma
Magnetic resonance imaging
Pain
Pathology
Polymerase chain reaction
Signs and symptoms
Tuberculosis
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Summary:Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and remains a health problem, especially in developing countries. Abdominal location represents 5 to 10% of all locations. The clinical symptoms are not very specific, and the discovery of an abdominal mass in a context of deterioration of general state may wrongly lead to the diagnosis of a tumor. Radiological explorations remain sensitive in the detection of abdominal masses but they cannot prejudge their etiology. Surgical exploration is sometimes the only recourse either for diagnostic purposes or complications, and the diagnosis can only be confirmed by bacteriological and histological examinations of the surgical specimen. We report the case of abdominopelvic mass and lymph nodes revealing tuberculosis.
ISSN:2090-6900
2090-6919
DOI:10.1155/2021/7257533