Peritoneal tuberculosis: a benign differential diagnosis of ovarian cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis (a case report)

Pan Afr Med J. 2023 Aug 7:45:151. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2023.45.151.40327. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

Peritoneal tuberculosis is a rare form of tuberculosis which gives a non-specific clinical picture which can be confused with several digestive pathologies. It can also mimic ovarian cancer at the stage of peritoneal carcinomatosis, hence the interest sometimes of a diagnostic laparoscopy which makes it possible to make the diagnosis which is confirmed by an anatomo-pathological study. This is the case of our patient who was initially diagnosed with ovarian cancer and the diagnosis was corrected in peritoneal tuberculosis after a laparoscopy.

Keywords: Peritoneal tuberculosis; case report; laparoscopy; ovarian cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy*
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Ovarian Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Peritoneal Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Peritonitis, Tuberculous* / diagnosis