title: Hepatic tuberculoma mimicking hepatocellular carcinoma in an immunocompetent host.
abstract: Hepatic tuberculosis as a part of disseminated tuberculosis is seen in 50-80% of cases. Isolated hepatic tuberculosis is very uncommon even in countries with high prevalence of tuberculosis. It can occur as a primary case or due to reactivation of an old tubercular focus. We report a case of a 59-year-old Caucasian woman who presented with persistent right upper quadrant pain and a hepatic lesion on an abdominal CT. She had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis 15 years ago with localised lung tuberculosis treated with lobectomy and antituberculous drugs.
authors.affiliation: 4th Department of Surgery, Attikon Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zorbas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Koutoulidis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Foukas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arkadopoulos
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery