Intraperitoneal tuberculous abscess: Computed tomography features

Table 1 Clinical findings of 8 patients with intraperitoneal tuberculous abscess

Case	Age (yr)	Sex	Clinical symptoms	Pulmonary TB	Surgery
1	58	Female	Weight loss, low grade fever and night sweats for 5 mo Persistent right upper quadrant pain for 10 d, accompanied by loss of appetite. Right lower quadrant pain and fullness for 1 mo with a clinically palpable abdominal mass	Hematogenous pulmonary TB	Laparoscopy
2	35	Male	Weight loss, low grade fever, night sweats and obscure abdominal pain for 5 mo with a clinically palpable abdominal mass	-	Laparotomy
3	24	Male	Obscure abdominal pain and low grade fever for 2 mo	-	Laparotomy
4	40	Female	Weight loss, low grade fever, night sweats and obscure abdominal pain for 4 mo, with a clinically palpable abdominal mass	Obsolete pulmonary TB	Laparoscopy
5	27	Female	Obscure abdominal pain and low grade fever for 2 mo with a clinically palpable abdominal mass	-	Biopsy
6	22	Female	Obscure abdominal pain and low grade fever for 2 mo with a clinically palpable abdominal mass	Obsolete pulmonary TB	Biopsy
7	37	Female	Weight loss, low grade fever, night sweats, and obscure abdominal pain for 5 mo with a clinically palpable abdominal mass	Obsolete pulmonary TB	Biopsy
8	34	Female	Weight loss, low grade fever, night sweats, and obscure abdominal pain for 5 mo	Obsolete pulmonary TB	Biopsy

TB: Tuberculosis.