1. Tuberculous peritonitis in pregnancy.
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Gui Se Ra Lee, Sa Jin Kim, In Yang Park, Jong Chul Shin, and Soo Pyung Kim
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PREGNANCY complications ,TUBERCULOSIS ,PERITONITIS ,PERITONEUM diseases ,CHEST diseases ,OBSTETRICAL emergencies - Abstract
Tuberculous peritonitis in pregnancy is one of the least common forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in pregnancy. The case is described herein of a 23-year-old primigravida woman with primary tuberculous peritonitis in pregnancy at 24 weeks’ gestation. Excisional biopsy taken from the peritoneum during laparotomy resulted in the histopathologic diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis. The patient made a good physical recovery after being placed on antituberculous chemotherapy and gave birth to a healthy male neonate of 2.5 kg at 37 weeks’ gestation by vaginal delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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