Ascitic type of abdominal tuberculosis in a 40 year old female

Abstract

Disseminated tuberculosis can cause a lot of damage to an individual if there is no early diagnosis In Africa about of patients with abdominal tuberculosis present with ascites and most of these cases are misdiagnosed cases The case in question is of a year old women from one of the rural areas of Zimbabwe who had previously presented with severe coughing but had denied sweating at night and the sputum results were negative on screening After months she presented again at the clinic with a swollen abdomen and the X ray showed flooding of the lungs and difficulty in breathing