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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and usually confined to the respiratory system but may involve any organ system, particularly in immunocompromised patients If TB infection is not primarily located in the lungs, it is called extrapulmonary TB (EPTB). Worldwide, it is estimated that between 10 to 25% of TB infections occur extrapulmonarily. The most common sites of EPTB were lymph node (26%), pleural (21%), disseminated (20%) and central nervous system (CNS) or meningeal (16%). All-cause highly mortality rate in patients with extrapulmonary TB was 15%. Therefore, establishing a definitive diagnosis is prime importance. Primary peritoneal tuberculosis is a rare disease that may mimic peritoneal carcinomatosis because of non-specific symptoms and similar clinical pictures, including radiologic and laboratory test results, a positive culture or histologic analysis of biopsy specimens is still required in many patients for definitive diagnosis. Accordingly, minimally invasive diagnostic laparoscopy of peritoneal tuberculosis is effective and valuable.