Abdominal wall abscess secondary to subcapsular tubercular liver abscess.
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.
Desai
Nutan
N
Department of Gastroenterology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai 400 022. nchopda@yahoo.com
Patil
Shivanand
S
Thakur
Bhagwan Singh
BS
Das
Haribhakti Seba
HS
Manjunath
S M
SM
Sawant
Prabha
P
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