Mycobacterium bovis peritonitis mimicking ovarian cancer in a young woman.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe a 27-year-old woman with peritonitis due to Mycobacterium bovis that initially appeared to be ovarian cancer. Clinicians should include this disease in the differential diagnosis of ovarian cancer and should consider laparoscopic diagnosis in the appropriate epidemiologic setting.
Medical subject headings
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Ovarian Neoplasms
- Peritonitis, Tuberculous