A Peculiar Peritoneum: A Case of Tuberculosis in a Male Without Known Risk Factors

• Main Authors: Joshua Wynne MD (Author), Kimberline Chew MD (Author), Pooja Kothari MD (Author), Maxwell Bressman MD (Author), Clara Tow MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Peritoneal tuberculosis is an uncommon diagnosis in developed countries and most commonly presents in patients with known risk factors for tuberculosis. We report a case of a patient without tuberculosis risk factors who presented with 4 years of intermittent fevers, several weeks of increasing abdo...