title: Abdominal wall abscess secondary to subcapsular tubercular liver abscess.
abstract: We report a 22-year-old woman who presented with an abdominal wall lump in the right upper quadrant 15 days after starting antitubercular treatment for right pleural effusion. CT scan revealed a right liver lobe subcapsular abscess communicating vith subcutaneous tissue. Aspiration of pus revealed acid-fast bacilli. She responded to 9 months of antitubercular treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022. nchopda@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nutan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Desai
authors.forename: Shivanand
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Bhagwan Singh
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Thakur
authors.forename: Haribhakti Seba
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Manjunath
authors.forename: Prabha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sawant
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000150:complications