Lymphocyte-Predominant Ascites as a Clue to Peritoneal Tuberculosis: Two Case Reports and a Literature Review
Wan Sun, Keyuan Lai, Chunxia Huang, Yuanyang Ye, Yuan Chen, Shaoqiang Xu · 2026
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Description
Wan Sun and colleagues present two patients whose belly fluid quietly pointed to peritoneal tuberculosis. This abdominal form of tuberculosis mimics cancer on scans, and its tests often come back empty. Both 2026 cases began with swollen abdomens and misleading images.
Standard stains and DNA tests on the fluid found no tuberculosis bacteria in either patient. But cell counts told a story: lymphocytes dominated overwhelmingly, while the lining cells typical of other conditions were nearly absent. Culture grew the bacterium in one case, and a surgical biopsy proved the other. Fluid cytology, they argue, is a useful supporting clue.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Wan Sun, Keyuan Lai, Chunxia Huang, Yuanyang Ye, Yuan Chen, Shaoqiang Xu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |