title: Tuberculous liver abscess in an immunocompetent adult male--a rare presentation.
abstract: A 20 year old young male was admitted to our hospital with complaints of pain in upper abdomen right side, anorexia and loss of weight. Ultrasonography of the upper abdomen revealed a hypoechoic area in the left lobe of liver. Entertaining the possibility of pyogenic or amoebic lesion, the patient was started on ofloxacin and metronidazole. Failing to get any response to the therapeutic intervention, ultrasound guided aspiration was undertaken. The aspirated pus did not grow any organism in pyogenic or fungal culture but showed acid fast bacilli in Z.N. stain. The treatment was shifted to four drugs ATT and there was dramatic improvement in the clinical condition. This case is being reported to emphasize that ruling out tuberculosis may avoid unnecessary delays in the initiation of specific anti-tubercular treatment. Also a greater awareness of this rare clinical condition may prevent unwarranted surgical intervention.
authors.forename: Suruchi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mahajan Rakesh
authors.forename: Harish Kumar
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Priyanka
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chaskar
authors.forename: Charoo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hans
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents