CT findings in fatal primary intestinal tuberculosis in a liver transplant recipient.
Tuberculosis is a rare post-transplant infection that can present an atypical and misleading clinical picture. The possibility of tuberculosis must be taken into account when a transplant patient has fever and severe abdominal complaints with no clear evidence of another infection. We report a patient with primary intestinal tuberculosis, which was not accompanied by pulmonary, peritoneal, or solid-organ involvement. To our knowledge, this is the only reported case to date of intestinal tuberculosis post liver transplantation.
Ozbülbül
Nilgün Işiksalan
NI
Department of Radiology, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. nilgunisiksalan@yahoo.com
Ozdemir
Mustafa
M
Turhan
Nesrin
N
D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*