Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as hemobilia, successfully treated by arterial embolization.
Tuberculosis, specially disseminated tuberculosis, involves the liver frequently. Focal hepatic tuberculosis with local hemorrhage has been reported. We report on a twenty-one year female with disseminated tuberculosis presenting with initially non-localisable massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding, subsequently found to have pancreatitis, right sided pleural effusion and hemobilia which was treated successfully.
Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, 244, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Calcutta 700 020, India.
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D000328:Adult; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006431:Hemobilia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*