Hepatobiliary tuberculosis is an uncommon manifestation of tuberculosis. It can be associated with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) or tuberculous enterocolitis (TEC). Hepatic TB can be manifested as hepatic tuberculoma, diffuse liver infiltration or liver abscess. Tubercular liver abscess is the rarest form of hepatic tuberculosis, liver may be involved as part of miliary tuberculosis or as local tuberculosis. Being a rare entity here we report a case of tubercular liver abscess associated with pulmonary tuberculosis.
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(s) Details
Yadav
Prashant
Department of Respiratory Medicine, UP University of Medical
Sciences, Saifai, India.
Punera
Dinesh Chandra
Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, Government
Medical College, Haldwani, Dist. Nanital,
Uttarakhand, India.
Bhattacharya
Somnath
Department of Respiratory Medicine, UP University of Medical
Sciences, Saifai, India.
Kumar
Anand
Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease, GSVM Medical
College, Kanpur, UP, India.
Gautam
Aditya
Department of Respiratory Medicine, UP University of Medical
Sciences, Saifai, India.
Kumar
Adesh
Department of Respiratory Medicine, UP University of Medical
Sciences, Saifai, India
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