title: [Clinical case of the month. Peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking ovarian carcinoma].
abstract: Peritoneal tuberculosis can mimic advanced stage ovarian cancer and can lead to the performance of an unnecessary extended surgery. Clinical discrimination between peritoneal tuberculosis and ovarian carcinoma may sometimes be extremely difficult. We report 2 cases of peritoneal tuberculosis mimicking ovarian carcinoma. Diagnosis was made on perioneal biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, CHU Farhat Hached, Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jerbi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hidar
authors.forename: S El
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Moueddeb
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jemaa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korbi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cheib
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Khairi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D007813:Laparotomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis