Ragad I Al Jazzar, Zeinah Sulaihim, Ahmad Alkhiary, Nayef Alzahrani
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Abstract
Peritoneal tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. This challenge is attributed to its great mimicry of other peritoneal disease processes along with its nonspeci fi c clinical presentation. We report a case of a 60-year old man, known case of rectosigmoid cancer with liver and lung nodules. Status post low anterior resection,