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Institut für Pathologie - Klinikum Fürth  

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Clinical data: 73 year old female with ileus. After opening of the abdomen several small (0.2-0.5 cm), white nodules on the serosal surface of the small intestine. Peritoneal metastasis of an unknown primary tumor?

Frozen section diagnosis: necrotizing giant cell granulomas, tuberculosis.

Pathology and comment: if tuberculosis is supposed, microbiological examination must be initiated. Our diagnosis was confirmed by microbiology later.
DD: We most frequently see foreign body type granulomas of the peritoneum after former operation. Demonstration of foreign material and the different type of giant cells makes the differentiation easy.

 
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