Tuberculosis of the liver presenting as peripheral vascular disease.
Peripheral vascular disease in African males may be associated with a tuberculous infection elsewhere in the body. The case history is described of a patient who presented with gangrenous lesions of both feet and was found to have tuberculosis of the liver. The lesions on the feet healed within 2 months of starting anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*