title: Isolated splenic tuberculosis in an immunocompetent patient.
abstract: A 20-year-old woman presented with fever and was eventually diagnosed with splenic tuberculosis as the sole site of the disease. Laboratory data gave no specific information for diagnosis except for a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate and mild anaemia. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed splenomegaly with multiple hypoechoic lesions within it. A diagnosis of isolated splenic tuberculosis was confirmed after CT-guided aspiration from splenic lesions showed the presence of acid-fast bacilli.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mandal
authors.forename: Jacky
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: Koelina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sil
authors.forename: Sumanta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D014400:Tuberculosis, Splenic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D055815:Young Adult