A Rare Presentation of Peritoneal Tuberculosis Mimicking Malignancy

Our search of literature revealed combined elevations of serum cancer antigen 125 levels and rheumatoid factor levels in a patient with peritoneal tuberculosis has rarely been reported. Thus, we describe the case of a 63-year-old female with large abdominal ascites and malignancy was ruled out with...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inJIM - high impact case reports Vol. 4; no. 4; p. 2324709616679191
Main Authors Swe, Thein, Naing, Akari Thein, Phyo, Zaw Win, Thwin, Malar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.10.2016
Sage Publications Ltd
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
Antigens
Case Report
Case reports
Health risk assessment
Tuberculosis
serum cancer antigen 125
rheumatoid factor
peritoneal tuberculosis
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Our search of literature revealed combined elevations of serum cancer antigen 125 levels and rheumatoid factor levels in a patient with peritoneal tuberculosis has rarely been reported. Thus, we describe the case of a 63-year-old female with large abdominal ascites and malignancy was ruled out with biopsy. High levels of serum cancer antigen and rheumatoid factor were noted. Physicians should be aware that tuberculosis infection could induce elevation of rheumatoid factor levels in the absence of rheumatologic symptoms or disease. A high index of suspicion is required because peritoneal tuberculosis is a great mimicker of other abdominal pathology, especially intraabdominal malignancies and can mislead physicians to undergo unnecessary interventions.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:2324-7096
2324-7096
DOI:10.1177/2324709616679191