1/83. Sonographic appearances and percutaneous management of primary tuberculous liver abscess.Primary tuberculous liver abscesses are rare. We report on 3 patients who presented with a nonresolving abscess in the liver. Clinical presentation and sonographic findings in each case were nonspecific. A diagnosis of tuberculosis was established with microbiologic examination of pus in 2 cases and examination of an excised abscess wall in 1 case. Needle aspiration (1 patient) and short-term (72 hours) catheter drainage (1 patient) were unsuccessful, and surgical excision was required in these patients. In the third patient, continuous catheter drainage over 18 days resulted in cure, indicating that long-term catheter drainage with antituberculous chemotherapy may be a viable alternative to surgery in the management of primary tuberculous liver abscess.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/83. Tuberculous pseudotumors of the liver.A 35 year old man presented with fever, weight loss and adenopathy. The clinical presentation, laboratory studies, liver scan and laparotomy all suggested metastatic carcinoma. Bacteriologic and pathologic studies established a diagnosis of macronodular tuberculosis isolated to the liver. Response to antituberculous drug therapy was rapid. review of the literature revealed this case to be a rare example of tuberculous pseudotumors of the liver.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/83. Acute hepatobiliary tuberculosis: a report of two cases and a review of the literature.Two cases of hepatobiliary tuberculosis are described. Case one, the macronodular type of hepatic tuberculosis, presented as pyrexia of unknown origin and was eventually diagnosed by sectional imaging when a mass lesion developed in the liver and aspiration revealed acid-fast bacilli. Case two presented with jaundice due to a hilar bile duct stricture. The patient was successfully treated by repeated bile duct stenting and later chemotherapy for tuberculosis. In both cases previous positive histology or culture would have expedited diagnosis and treatment. Acute hepatobiliary tuberculosis remains a rare disease. Suspicion of the disease and adequate biopsy are important to allow prompt appropriate treatment.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 8keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/83. Isolated hepatic tuberculosis: report of five cases and review of the literature.tuberculosis is one of the most common and well-described infectious diseases, with a worldwide distribution and a vast spectrum of clinical manifestations. Involvement of the liver alone by tuberculosis is, however, uncommon. It usually presents as a protracted illness frequently associated with jaundice and hepatomegaly. It can, therefore, mimic primary or metastatic liver malignancies. We report five cases of isolated hepatic tuberculosis, emphasizing the importance of obtaining a tissue diagnosis in all subjects with suspicious liver lesions to avoid missing the uncommon but curable hepatic tuberculosis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 7keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/83. Severe hypopharyngeal dysphagia in a patient on chronic steroid treatment.A 44-year-old Caucasian male who had been on long-term steroid treatment for an unspecified collagen disease was referred to our Unit because of fever, severe hypopharyngeal dysphagia, night sweats and evidence of marked superior vena cava compression. Extrapulmonary disseminated tuberculosis also involving bone and liver was eventually diagnosed and proven by means of specific polymerase chain reaction assay. Antimycobacterial treatment, which led to a dramatic improvement within two months, was protracted for 18 months until the complete return to normal of both clinical and laboratory findings.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
6/83. Miliary hepatic tuberculosis not associated with splenic or lung involvement. A case report.Miliary hepatic involvement is a frequent finding on autopsy in patients with disseminated tuberculosis. Imaging studies may reveal hepatosplenomegaly and/or parenchymal inhomogeneity and, in a minority of cases, focal lesions, invariably associated with miliary lung disease. An unusual case of disseminated tuberculosis with manifestations of miliary hepatic involvement, abdominal and neck lymphadenopathy on US and CT without any evidence of active disease in the lungs, spleen or other organ, is described.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 6keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
7/83. Sonographic diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis: an experience with four cases.Abdominal sonography of four infants with pyrexia and hepatomegaly demonstrated multiple hypoechoeic hepatic and splenic foci, guided biopsies of which showed caseating granulomas with acid-fast bacilli. Evidence of tuberculosis in maternal endometrium and its exclusion in the contacts further confirmed a diagnosis of congenital tuberculosis. Clinical suspicion supplemented by careful sonography facilitated early detection and antemortem diagnosis of this potentially fatal disease.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 6keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
8/83. Tuberculous liver abscess.tuberculosis (TB) of liver is rare but may have a variety of presenting features similar to other more common conditions. A case of tuberculosis liver abscess with right sided pleural effusion is reported.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
9/83. hepatic artery mycotic aneurysm of tubercular aetiology.hepatic artery aneurysm caused by tuberculosis is extremely rare, the commonest being atherosclerosis and vasculitis. A 13 year boy admitted with suspected disseminated tuberculosis had a hepatic bruit. Patient died of aneurysmal rupture before antemortem etiological diagnosis could be established. Postmortem examination revealed widespread tubercular lesions in the chest and abdomen and hepatic artery aneurysm.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 2keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
10/83. Hepatosplenic tuberculosis mimicking disseminated candidiasis in patients with acute leukemia.Two cases of hepatosplenic tuberculosis in patients with acute leukemia during or after chemotherapy following prolonged neutropenia are presented. tuberculosis should be considered as one cause of hepatosplenic abscesses during prolonged neutropenia, especially in countries where the disease is endemic.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 5keywords = tuberculosis (Clic here for more details about this article) |
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