Tuberculous pseudotumor of the liver.
Tuberculosis of the liver in association with generalized miliary tuberculosis is not an uncommon clinical entity. A solitary tuberculous liver abscess, however, is rare. Two such cases, in which there was no clinical evidence of extrahepatic tuberculosis, are reported. The similarities between this condition and other causes of hepatic lesions are discussed, with particular emphasis placed on the imaging patterns of various diagnostic imaging procedures.
Dhekne
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Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Moore
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Long
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Barron
B J
BJ
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes