title: Tuberculous peritonitis: part of the differential diagnosis in ovarian cancer.
abstract: We report a case of tuberculous peritonitis in a young woman who was initially thought to have ovarian cancer. We emphasize the misleading raised CA 125 levels and radiologic pictures and the importance of frozen-section analysis for definitive diagnosis to avoid unnecessary surgery.
authors.affiliation: Gynaecological Oncology Unit, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hammersmith Hospital, National Health Service Trust, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Panoskaltsis
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Haidopoulos
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: McIndoe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018394:CA-125 Antigen / Q000097:blood; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D007813:Laparotomy; D008131:London; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D018394:CA-125 Antigen