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.
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Department of Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, 244, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road, Calcutta 700 020, India.
Mandal
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Majumder
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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*