Presentation
Three month history of weight loss. Presented with shortness of breath and distended abdomen.
Patient Data
Age: 55 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Peritoneal and pleural tuberculosis
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Right pleural effusion, with underlying pleural nodularity.
Small-moderate amount of ascites. Peritoneal nodularity, as well as nodular omental thickening.
Case Discussion
The main differential diagnoses for this case would be
- malignancy
- TB infection
Biopsy was performed of the terminal ileum which demonstrated non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation, with a positive mycobacterium TB PCR.