a Record control number WOS:000312469500013

a ISSN 0001-5512

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Classification number WB115

b Item number .A23 2012

a Personal name Ozseker, Burak.

h Medium Electronic Document

a Title Abdominal tuberculosis leading to portal vein thrombosis, mimicking peritoneal carcinomatosis and liver cirrhosis

c Statement of responsibility, etc Burak Ozseker, H. S.Ozeker, T. Kav, A.Shorbagi, D.Karakoc,Y. Bayraktar.

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Acta clinica belgica,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2012.

a Summary, etc Abdominal tuberculosis is a rare infectious disease that can involve the peritoneum and lead to portal vein thrombosis and mimic peritoneal carcinomatosis. We report on a 43-year-old male patient with fatigue and progressive weight loss for two years. Ascites was the only pathologic finding in his physical examination and laboratory findings revealed only a mild anaemia with Ca-125 elevation. The ascitic fluid Adenosine deaminase (ADA) level was also elevated. Computed tomography revealed splenomegaly, a mesenteric mass measuring 3.5 cm and intra-abdominal lymphadenopathies at the hepatic hilum. Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed oesophageal varices which was also consistent with portal hypertension. Diagnostic laparotomy and biopsies obtained from the omentum and the lymph nodes revealed acid-fast staining tuberculosis bacilli.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Internal Medicine

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Near East University Article

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Makale

g Relationship information MAR-APR 2012, Vol.67 Issue 2, p137-139

t Title Acta clinica belgica

x International Standard Serial Number 00015512

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://library.neu.edu.tr:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2143/ACB.67.2.2062646