Open AccessRole of laparoscopy in the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Faizollah Safarpor,
Menochehr Aghajanzade,
Mohammad Reza Kohsari,
Saba Hoda,
Ali Sarshad,
Delaram Safarpor
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.33465
Subject(s) - medicine , laparoscopy , tuberculosis , peritonitis , ascites , abdominal pain , abdominal tuberculosis , radiology , biopsy , malignancy , surgery , pathology
Tuberculosis continues to be a common disease in Iran and one of its presentations is abdominal tuberculosis. Histopathological confirmation of abdominal tuberculosis is difficult because of suboptional, noninvasive access to the pathology. Laparoscopy provides minimally invasive access to the peritoneum.