A Rare Culprit of Spontaneous Abortion, Latent Tuberculosis Complicated by Disseminated Peritoneal TB
This is a case of a 38-year-old female with latent TB complicated by disseminated peritoneal TB with associated spontaneous abortion, who was initially thought to have an ovarian neoplasm, prompting extensive workup. Laparoscopy with biopsy later confirmed the patient’s condition; she was initiated...
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| description | This is a case of a 38-year-old female with latent TB complicated by disseminated peritoneal TB with associated spontaneous abortion, who was initially thought to have an ovarian neoplasm, prompting extensive workup. Laparoscopy with biopsy later confirmed the patient’s condition; she was initiated on the appropriate therapy and had a full recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e2a6ffb33da14417a12ca9e85ffbf0402025-02-03T05:50:24ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/23185392318539A Rare Culprit of Spontaneous Abortion, Latent Tuberculosis Complicated by Disseminated Peritoneal TBChristoph Sossou0Chaitanya Pal1Jose R. Bustillo2Resident Physician, Internal Medicine, Newark Beth Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Newark, NJ, USAResident Physician, Internal Medicine, Newark Beth Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Newark, NJ, USAAssociate Residency Program Director, Newark Beth Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Newark, NJ, USAThis is a case of a 38-year-old female with latent TB complicated by disseminated peritoneal TB with associated spontaneous abortion, who was initially thought to have an ovarian neoplasm, prompting extensive workup. Laparoscopy with biopsy later confirmed the patient’s condition; she was initiated on the appropriate therapy and had a full recovery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2318539 |
| spellingShingle | Christoph Sossou Chaitanya Pal Jose R. Bustillo A Rare Culprit of Spontaneous Abortion, Latent Tuberculosis Complicated by Disseminated Peritoneal TB Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | A Rare Culprit of Spontaneous Abortion, Latent Tuberculosis Complicated by Disseminated Peritoneal TB |
| title_full | A Rare Culprit of Spontaneous Abortion, Latent Tuberculosis Complicated by Disseminated Peritoneal TB |
| title_fullStr | A Rare Culprit of Spontaneous Abortion, Latent Tuberculosis Complicated by Disseminated Peritoneal TB |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Culprit of Spontaneous Abortion, Latent Tuberculosis Complicated by Disseminated Peritoneal TB |
| title_short | A Rare Culprit of Spontaneous Abortion, Latent Tuberculosis Complicated by Disseminated Peritoneal TB |
| title_sort | rare culprit of spontaneous abortion latent tuberculosis complicated by disseminated peritoneal tb |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2318539 |
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