title: [Tuberculous peritonitis--rare cause of peritonitis].
abstract: A case of 73-year-old male patient operated due to tuberculous peritonitis was presented. Diagnostic difficulties in the recognition of this rare site of tuberculosis were discussed. The role of explorative laparotomy and histopathologic evaluation of the material obtained during operation was emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Chirurgii Ogólnej i Naczyń, Akademii Medycznej im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy.
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molski
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lukasiewicz
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017211:Treatment Failure