TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolated hepatosplenic tuberculosis
T2 - A rare presentation
AU - Hasan, Roumina
AU - Kumar, Sandeep
AU - Mathew, Mary
AU - Kadavigere, Rajagopal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/7/7
Y1 - 2015/7/7
N2 - Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis presents a major health challenge in endemic countries and spares no organ in the human body. This infection is a mimicker of various disease processes such as metastasis, lymphoproliferative diseases, and other granulomatous conditions such as sarcoidosis and fungal infections. The most challenging and important differential is metastasis, especially in the disseminated form of tuberculosis. We present a histopathologically proven case of isolated hepatosplenic tuberculosis that was provisionally diagnosed as lymphoma due to its unusual, restricted involvement of the liver and spleen.
AB - Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis presents a major health challenge in endemic countries and spares no organ in the human body. This infection is a mimicker of various disease processes such as metastasis, lymphoproliferative diseases, and other granulomatous conditions such as sarcoidosis and fungal infections. The most challenging and important differential is metastasis, especially in the disseminated form of tuberculosis. We present a histopathologically proven case of isolated hepatosplenic tuberculosis that was provisionally diagnosed as lymphoma due to its unusual, restricted involvement of the liver and spleen.
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U2 - 10.1136/bcr-2015-211065
DO - 10.1136/bcr-2015-211065
M3 - Article
C2 - 26153294
AN - SCOPUS:84939236178
SN - 1757-790X
VL - 2015
JO - BMJ Case Reports
JF - BMJ Case Reports
M1 - A1079
ER -
