title: Tuberculosis presenting as a solitary splenic tumour.
abstract: A 48-year-old male had suffered from body weight loss and general malaise for 2 months. Abdominal computed tomography showed a dilated intrahepatic duct with stones and a hypodense nodular mass in the spleen. A splenectomy and distal pancreatectomy were performed under the preoperative impression of a malignancy. Histological examination of the specimens revealed tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Diagnostic Radiology and Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Kaohsiung, Chang Gung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sheen-Chen
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Eng
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013160:Splenic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014400:Tuberculosis, Splenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology