title: Isolated tuberculous splenic abscess in an immunocompetent individual.
abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) of the spleen is an extremely rare clinical entity particularly among immunocompetent persons. We report a case of isolated tuberculous abscess of spleen in a 13- years- old boy. No primary focus of infection was detected in lungs or any other organ. The patient was treated by splenectomy after a therapeutic failure with standard antituberculous medication.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Pt. BD Sharma PGIMS, India. zskundu2003@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Parveen Rana
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kundu
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mathur
authors.forename: Sunita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Duhan
authors.forename: Garima
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: Rajeev
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sen
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008853:Microscopy; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology