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Splenic Tuberculosis Presenting as Ascites in Immunocompetant Patient

Tuberculosis can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, the peritoneum and the pancreatobiliary system. Here we report a case of splenic tuberculosis in a 60-year-old man who presented with ascitis. Splenic tuberculosis is an unusual clinical presentation, especially in i...

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Autores principales: Lonkar, Y, Parikh, S, Kumar, S, Diwan, SK, Bhake, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23634345
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.109473
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author Lonkar, Y
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Kumar, S
Diwan, SK
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description Tuberculosis can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, the peritoneum and the pancreatobiliary system. Here we report a case of splenic tuberculosis in a 60-year-old man who presented with ascitis. Splenic tuberculosis is an unusual clinical presentation, especially in immunocompetent patients. No primary focus of infection was detected in the lungs or any other organs. The postulated mechanisms by which the tubercule bacilli reach the peritoneum is through direct spread from adjacent organs like spleen in this case.
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spelling pubmed-36342082013-04-30 Splenic Tuberculosis Presenting as Ascites in Immunocompetant Patient Lonkar, Y Parikh, S Kumar, S Diwan, SK Bhake, A Ann Med Health Sci Res Case Report Tuberculosis can involve any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, the peritoneum and the pancreatobiliary system. Here we report a case of splenic tuberculosis in a 60-year-old man who presented with ascitis. Splenic tuberculosis is an unusual clinical presentation, especially in immunocompetent patients. No primary focus of infection was detected in the lungs or any other organs. The postulated mechanisms by which the tubercule bacilli reach the peritoneum is through direct spread from adjacent organs like spleen in this case. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3634208/ /pubmed/23634345 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2141-9248.109473 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Medical and Health Sciences Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Splenic Tuberculosis Presenting as Ascites in Immunocompetant Patient
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