Table 2.
Abdominal TB proportion of different sites
| Ref. No | n | Gastrointestinal | Peritoneal | Lymph nodal | Solid organs | Mixed | Coexist PTB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 139 | 69 (50) | 28 (20) | 7 (5) | 23 (17) | 12 (9) | |
| 34 | 256 | 127 (50) | 106 (41) | 10 (4) | 7 (3) | 58 (23) | |
| 35 | 86 | 38 (44) | 41 (47) | 7 (8) | 28 (33) | 22 (26) | |
| 36 | 17 | 11 (65) | 5 (29) | 1 (6) | |||
| 37 | 59 | 26 (52) | 16 (32) | 8 (16) | (54) | ||
| 38 | 24 | 10 (41) | 14 (58) | 3 (12) | 10 (41) | ||
| 39 | 58 | 25 (43) | 27 (47) | 18 (31) | 2 (8) | 10 (17) | |
| 40 | 57 | 33 (58) | 13 (23) | 24 (42) | 11 (20) | 27 (47) | |
| 41 | 93 | 51 (51) | 33 (33) | 41 (41) | 27 (29) | ||
| 42 | 31 | 15 (48) | 11 (35) | 5 (17) | 11 (35) | ||
| 43 | 46 | 7 (15) | |||||
| 44 | 40 | (60) | (40) | ||||
| 45 | 65 | 23 (35) | 2 (3) | 22 (33) | 20 (31) | ||
| 46 | 209 | 103 (49) | 87 (42) | 9 (4) | 10 (5) | 134 (64) | |
| Total | 1180 | 43-65% | 20-47% | 4-58% | 1-20% | 9-33% | 3-64% |
() = numbers in parenthesis are percentages; Ref. no=reference number; n=total number of abdominal TB cases; Solid organs include liver, spleen and/or pancreas; PTB=pulmonary tuberculosis