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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2307-0420</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía paraguaya]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. parag.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2307-0420</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Cirugía]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2307-04202025000300014</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/sopaci.2025.diciembre.14</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Valor de la laparoscopia diagnóstica: Tuberculosis peritoneal. Reporte de un caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Value of diagnostic laparoscopy: Peritoneal tuberculosis. A case report]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Morales]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ariel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Saldívar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carolina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Candia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lorena]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aguilar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alejandra]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Speciale]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Leonardo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad Nacional de Asunción  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>49</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>14</fpage>
<lpage>15</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2307-04202025000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2307-04202025000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2307-04202025000300014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La tuberculosis peritoneal es una forma extrapulmonar infrecuente y de difícil diagnóstico, dado que sus manifestaciones clínicas son inespecíficas y pueden simular otras patologías como carcinomatosis peritoneal o cirrosis con ascitis. La laparoscopia diagnóstica constituye la herramienta fundamental para la confirmación etiológica, al permitir la visualización directa de las lesiones y la toma de biopsias. Presentamos el caso de un paciente masculino en quien la laparoscopia fue decisiva para establecer el diagnóstico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Peritoneal tuberculosis is a rare extrapulmonary form of tuberculosis that is difficult to diagnose, given its nonspecific clinical manifestations and can mimic other pathologies such as peritoneal carcinomatosis or cirrhosis with ascites. Diagnostic laparoscopy is the fundamental tool for etiological confirmation, allowing direct visualization of lesions and biopsy collection. We present the case of a male patient in whom laparoscopy was decisive in establishing the diagnosis.]]></p></abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tuberculosis peritoneal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[laparoscopia diagnóstica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[biopsia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[peritoneal tuberculosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[diagnostic laparoscopy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biopsy]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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