Hepatic tuberculosis mimicking carcinoma gall bladder.
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.
Bikhchandani
Jai
J
Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India. jai_9c@rediffmail.com
Malik
V K
VK
Kumar
V
V
Sharma
S
S
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*
D000995:Antitubercular Agents