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Liver Tuberculosis Presenting As Fever of Unknown Origin: A Case Report and Imaging Spectrum With a Review of Literature

Hepatic tuberculosis is not commonly seen, and it can be easily missed unless there is strong suspicion. It presents clinically with non-specific symptoms like pain in the upper right abdomen, tenderness, mild fever, sweating at night, losing weight, feeling tired, and a lump in the abdomen. We are...

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Autores principales: Bahurupe, Suchita, Dhote, Sandip, Phatak, Suresh, Mitra, Kajal, Onkar, Prashant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10682439/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38034257
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.47889
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Sumario:Hepatic tuberculosis is not commonly seen, and it can be easily missed unless there is strong suspicion. It presents clinically with non-specific symptoms like pain in the upper right abdomen, tenderness, mild fever, sweating at night, losing weight, feeling tired, and a lump in the abdomen. We are reporting a case of a 41-year-old female who presented with an intermittent history of fever and right hypochondriac pain for 10 years. Ultrasound and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) scans of the patient revealed a mass lesion with classical imaging findings of tuberculosis. Subsequently, a biopsy was conducted, confirming the presence of liver tuberculosis.