[Peritoneal tuberculosis. Apropos of 5 cases of acute abdomen recently operated at the Central Hospital of Yaoundé].

Tuberculosis has become a rare disease in developed countries. However, this is not the same in Third World countries where the prevalence rate is 20 to 50 times greater. The abdominal forms are relatively rare, but should also be looked for, because surgery, which would show the affection of more than one organ, permits the revelations of tuberculous granulomas, and also permits a more specific treatment of these patients.