Abstract
A 20-year-old asylum seeker presented with vomiting and left thigh pain, with a biological inflammatory syndrome. Pregnancy was diagnosed. Investigations revealed a pseudo-cystic, 20-cm-long retroperitoneal abscess, biopsy of which confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Evolution after cyst drainage and under conventional anti-tuberculosis treatment was favourable. An abdominal location of tuberculosis is rare and its diagnosis is difficult especially in countries with a low incidence of the disease. Unexplained abdominal manifestations and/or persistent biological inflammatory syndrome, especially in high-risk groups, should raise the suspicion of tuberculosis.LEARNING POINTSAbdominal tuberculosis (TB) is a challenging diagnosis especially in low-incidence countries where the disease is rarely suspected.In low-incidence countries, abdominal TB should be suspected in cases of unexplained abdominal manifestations and/or persistent inflammatory syndrome, especially in high-risk groups.The diagnosis of abdominal TB is based on a range of anamnestic and clinical symptoms and signs, imaging, culture, and invasive procedures for histology.
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