@article{Aydoğmuş_Keskin_Üstüner_Turgut_Çelen_Avşar_2012, place={Ankara, TR}, title={The Peritoneal Tuberculosis Mimicking Intraabdominal Pathology: Report of Three Cases}, volume={18}, url={https://www.gorm.com.tr/index.php/GORM/article/view/237}, abstractNote={<p>Tuberculosis incidence increases worldwide and it is still a public health problem particularly in developing countries like Turkey. We aimed to present in this report 3 peritoneal/pelvic tuberculosis cases required diagnostic laparatomy due to malignity or abscess pre-diagnosis based on the presence clinical manifestations, such as pelvic pain, mass, ascites and increased CA-125 level, mimicking pelvic pathology.<br />Peritoneal/pelvic tuberculosis should be absolutely considered in the differential diagnosis in cases with a presumptive diagnosis of pelvic malignancy or abscess with ascites, particularly in developing countries.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine}, author={Aydoğmuş, Serpil and Keskin, Levent and Üstüner, Işık and Turgut, Olcay and Çelen, Emine and Avşar, Filiz}, year={2012}, month={Apr.}, pages={45–48} }