DISSEMINATED TUBERCULOSIS PRESENTED BY ACUTE ABDOMEN: AN UNUSUAL CASE REPORT

Disseminated TB refers to simultaneous involvement of multiple organs like Pleura, Peritoneum, and Meninges. TB peritonitis manifests itself as a serous form with an exudative fluid usually containing 500-3000 cells and lymphocyte is typically predominant.The patient was a 19-year-old Afghan woman who referred to the hospital with acute abdomen. Analysis of peritonal fluid showed 50,000 cells with 95% PMNS. Smear and culture for mycobacteria were positive. The patient was under antituberculosis drug treatment and she didn’t have any problem after 10 months.