Monday, 23 June 2025

Tubercular Liver Abscess: A Rare Entity |Chapter 13| Medicine and Medical Research: New Perspectives Vol. 5

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.

 

Author (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

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mmrnp/v5/2073

 

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