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Tuberculosis Mimicking Disseminated Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of a Sigmoid Carcinoma

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Background

A 76-year-old Moroccan patient with a medical history of sigmoid carcinoma suffered from weight loss of 15 kg and abdominal pain. Laparoscopy showed disseminated miliary peritoneal lesions, prima vista suspicious for disseminated peritoneal cancer spread.

Methods

Patient’s medical history was reprocessed and compared to recent literature via PubMed.

Results

Pathological evaluation revealed granulomas and an infection with miliary intraabdominal tuberculosis (TB) was proven.

Conclusion

Symptoms of TB may vary and findings can be misleading. An interdisciplinary approach is needed for diagnosis and treatment.

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  1. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Tim Fahlbusch, Beat Künzli, Waldemar Uhl & Chris Braumann

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Renate Schlottmann

  3. Institute of Pathology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Andrea Tannapfel

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  1. Tim Fahlbusch
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Correspondence to Tim Fahlbusch.

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Fahlbusch, T., Künzli, B., Schlottmann, R. et al. Tuberculosis Mimicking Disseminated Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of a Sigmoid Carcinoma. J Gastrointest Surg 23, 877–878 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-018-3800-3

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