Afreen Ali

Abdominal Tuberculosis Masquerading as Retroperitoneal Malignancy: A Diagnostic Dilemma in a Large Iliopsoas Mass

Kshitij Arun Manerikar, Afreen Ali, Shailesh Puntambekar, Shubhada Kulkarni-Ambekar & Swati Kadam · Asian Journal of Case Reports in Medicine and Health · 2026

Abdominal tuberculosis may present atypically and resemble retroperitoneal malignancy, particularly when the iliopsoas muscle is involved. A 75-year-old woman presented with a painful left iliac fossa lump that had developed over two weeks. Examination revealed a 12 × 13 cm retro...