title: Abdominal tuberculosis in pregnancy.
abstract: Two patients are described who presented with abdominal tuberculous ascites and hepatomegaly, one in the 2nd trimester of pregnancy who aborted and the other in the post partum period following a normal delivery. Both patients responded to anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Freeman
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy