title: Hepatic tuberculosis mimicking carcinoma gall bladder.
abstract: We report a 50-year-old man with tuberculosis of the liver with calculous cholecystitis. The diagnosis was made when the patient underwent cholecystectomy. He responded to antitubercular therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India. jai_9c@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Jai
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bikhchandani
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005706:Gallbladder Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents