Tuberculous peritonitis in children: Two case reports highlighting the important role of imaging

Tuberculous peritonitis is an uncommon extrapulmonary form of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, frequently presenting with nonspecific and insidious symptoms. Diagnosis is therefore difficult, unsuspected, and often delayed, especially in the pediatric patient without an obvious history of expos...

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Main Authors: Jacob Zaslavsky, Lakeisha Mulugeta-Gordon, Irene Vasko, Thomas Presenza, Emily Scattergood, Debrah Meislich, Pauline Germaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-08-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004331830147X