Tuberculous peritonitis in an adolescent male.
OBJECTIVE
To report the use of a new diagnostic approach in children with tuberculous peritonitis.


METHODS
A 14-year-old boy with tuberculous peritonitis.


RESULTS
None of the new diagnostic techniques helped us to make our diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
More experience of using the new diagnostic techniques will be necessary before they supersede invasive procedures.
Lenoir
P
P
Department of Paediatrics, Centre Hospitalier Etterbeek-Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Gilbert
L
L
Vandenplas
Y
Y
Alexander
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000473:pathology