"Peritonitis, Tuberculous" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A form of PERITONITIS seen in patients with TUBERCULOSIS, characterized by lesion either as a miliary form or as a pelvic mass on the peritoneal surfaces. Most patients have ASCITES, abdominal swelling, ABDOMINAL PAIN, and other systemic symptoms such as FEVER; WEIGHT LOSS; and ANEMIA.
| Descriptor ID |
D014395
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.846.246 C01.539.463.600.249 C06.844.640.249
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Peritonitis, Tuberculous" by people in Profiles.
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Abdominal visceral tuberculosis: a malignancy mimic. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2023 08; 48(8):2705-2715.
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Index of suspicion. Pediatr Rev. 2014 May; 35(5):206-11.
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[Tuberculosis or sarcoidosis]. Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi. 2008 Oct-Dec; 112(4):959-64.
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Tuberculous peritonitis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Jul; 100(7):1624-5.
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Computed tomography demonstration of a fat-fluid level in tuberculous chylous ascites. Australas Radiol. 1999 Nov; 43(4):542-3.
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Computed tomography in abdominal tuberculosis. Br J Radiol. 1999 Jan; 72(853):92-8.
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Diagnosis of gastrointestinal tuberculosis. Trop Gastroenterol. 1994 Oct-Dec; 15(4):179-85.
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Agrobacterium tumefaciens peritonitis mimicking tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Dec; 15(6):938-40.
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New-onset ascites in a young black woman. South Med J. 1992 Nov; 85(11):1113-21.
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Abdominal mycobacterial infections in immunocompromised patients. Am J Surg. 1990 Jan; 159(1):125-31.