title: Abdominal tuberculosis in Kathmandu, Nepal.
abstract: Twenty-five cases of abdominal tuberculosis treated in Kathmandu, Nepal are presented. The clinical features, diagnostic investigations, surgical treatment and pathology are discussed and the literature on abdominal tuberculosis, with special reference to developing countries, is reviewed.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009390:Nepal; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000175:diagnosis