Mini-laparoscopy as a diagnostic tool for abdominal tuberculosis: a retrospective series of 29 cases.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Abdominal tuberculosis (TB) is a "great mimic," and diagnosis remains challenging even for experienced clinicians. While mini-laparoscopy has already been demonstrated to be an efficient diagnostic tool for a variety of diseases, we aimed to demonstrate the feasibility of this technique in diagnosing abdominal TB.

Methods

We retrospectively included patients who underwent mini-laparoscopy at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf between April 2010 and January 2022 for suspected abdominal TB. Demographic, clinical, and laboratory data, radiological findings as well as macroscopic, histopathologic, and microbiologic results were analyzed by chart review.

Results

Out of 49 consecutive patients who underwent mini-laparoscopy for suspected abdominal TB

SUBMITTER: Brehm TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9560738 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature