All issues > Volume 24(7); 1981

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1981;24(7):666-670. Published online July 15, 1981.

A Case of Tuberculous Peritonitis Confirmed by Peritoneoscopy.

Jin Choi¹, Kyu Youp Kim¹, Woo Gill Lee¹, Choon Suk Kee², Min Ahn³

¹Department of Pediatrics, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Internal Medicine Hanyang University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³Ahn Min's Pediatric Clinic, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Tuberculous peritonitis is mainly transmitted via hematogenous spreading of tuberculous bacilli. But sometimes this disease is occured, as the abdominal lymph node infected by the localized tuberculous enteritis was ruptured We pressent the report and the brief review of related literatures, who experienced a case of tuberculous peritonitis confirmed by paracentiesis and peritoneoscopic examination in a 9 years old male patient who was suspected toa malignant tumor because of the recent unexplained abdominal distension.

Keywords :Peritoneoscopy;tuberculous peritonitis