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8952275

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
A 34-years male was admitted to our hospital with a hypochondria pain and low grade fever. Abdominal CT revealed an encapsulated 8 x 3 cm low density lesion on the surface of the liver (S5, S8) and multiple low density lesions of the spleen. The patient had already been treated with anti-tuberculous drugs for the past 7 months after being diagnosed as tuberculous pleuritis. Although echo-guided percutaneous needle biopsy was tried for the hepatic lesion, no special finding was obtained. Therefore a diagnostic laparotomy was performed and the hepatic lesion was resected. Abscess formation of the resected lesion was noted. Histopathology of the lesion revealed epithelioid granuloma, but microscopy, culture and PCR for tuberculosis revealed negative results. Abdominal CT, 3 weeks after surgery, revealed enlargement of the splenic lesion. Splenectomy was carried out to avoid splenic rupture. Multiple abscess of the resected spleen was noted. Pathological finding, Ziehl-Neelsen stain and PCR for tuberculosis confirmed the diagnosis of tubercular splenic and liver abscess. Although tubercular liver and splenic abscess are very rare recently, it should be included in the differential diagnosis of unknown hepatic and splenic lesions.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0387-5911
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1116-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-12-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
[A case of tubercular liver and splenic abscesses].
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of The Ryukyus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports