9. Tuberculous peritonitis results either from
spread of adjacent tuberculous disease such as
an abdominal lymph node, intestinal focus, or
fallopian tube, or during miliary tuberculosis.
10. Symptoms
• Ascites
• Weight loss
• Abdominal pain
• Fever
Peritoneal fluid is exudative, with high amount of lymphocytes
11. Diagnosis
• Anamnesis
• Biochemistry test
• Endoscopy
• Biopsy
• Mantoux test
• Chest X-ray
• Abdominal X-ray
• Ultrasound
• Ascitic fluid examination
Anemia, raised ESR,
hypoalbumenemia,
leucopenia with relative
lymphocytosis, normal
serum transminase level