Lester F T, Tsega E
Trop Geogr Med. 1976 Sep;28(3):169-74.
The clinical features of tuberculous peritonitis in 48 Ethiopian patients are discussed. Thirty per cent of patients were afebrile, three fourths had ascites, and fifteen per cent had palpable abdominal masses, and therefore several had been wrongly diagnosed initially as cirrhosis of the liver or malignancy. Peritoneal biopsy, usually possible with local anaesthesia only, appears to be the most reliable method of proving the diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis.
本文讨论了48例埃塞俄比亚结核性腹膜炎患者的临床特征。30%的患者无发热，四分之三的患者有腹水，15%的患者可触及腹部肿块，因此有几例患者最初被误诊为肝硬化或恶性肿瘤。腹膜活检通常仅在局部麻醉下即可进行，似乎是确诊结核性腹膜炎最可靠的方法。
