Tuberculous Liver Abscess in an Immunocompetent Patient: a Case Report

INTRODUCTION: Tuberculous or tubercular liver abscess (TLA) is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass or cystic lesions of the liver especially in a high TB prevalence country like Iran. CASE PRESENTATION: We report...

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Autores principales: Shokouhi, Shervin, Toolabi, Karamollah, Tehrani, Shabnam, Hemmatian, Marjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338053/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25713592
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Tuberculous or tubercular liver abscess (TLA) is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass or cystic lesions of the liver especially in a high TB prevalence country like Iran. CASE PRESENTATION: We report an immunocompetent 48 year-old woman with TLA and peritoneal infection. Although hepatic TLA is very rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass or cystic lesions of the liver especially in a high TB prevalence country.

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