Tuberculous liver abscess not associated with lung involvement.
Hepatic tuberculosis is one of the uncommon forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We report a 78-year-old woman who developed tuberculous liver abscesses with splenic abscess not associated with pulmonary foci. Ultrasonography and computed tomography of the abdomen showed the low-density lesions in the liver and spleen. Histopathology of specimens obtained by percutaneous needle biopsy revealed coagulation necrosis and epithelioid cells but not tumor cells, suggesting tuberculosis infection in the liver and spleen. Systemic chemotherapy with anti-tuberculous agents led to the improvement of the lesions in the liver as well as spleen. Although tuberculous liver abscess is a very rare case, it should be included in the differential diagnosis of unknown hepatic mass lesions.
Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University Daini Hospital, Tokyo.
Mitsutoshi
M
Hayashi
Isao
I
Yamawaki
Kiyotaka
K
Okajima
Masahiko
M
Tomimatsu
Shin-Ichiro
S
Ohkawa
D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D000368:Aged; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000382:microbiology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014400:Tuberculosis, Splenic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents