title: Ultrasonographic and computed tomographic appearance of focal tuberculosis of the liver. A case report.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman presented with a focal liver mass which mimicked the clinical and imaging (ultrasonographic and computed tomographic) characteristics of a pyogenic or amoebic abscess. Ultrasonographic-guided liver biopsy demonstrated features of a focal tuberculous abscess of the liver.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005490:Focal Infection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014463:Ultrasonography