title: Tuberculous liver abscess in an immunocompetent patient: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tuberculous or tubercular liver abscess (TLA) is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass or cystic lesions of the liver especially in a high TB prevalence country like Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report an immunocompetent 48 year-old woman with TLA and peritoneal infection. Although hepatic TLA is very rare, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of mass or cystic lesions of the liver especially in a high TB prevalence country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shervin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shokouhi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Karamollah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toolabi
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shabnam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tehrani
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Marjan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hemmatian
keywords: Hepatic tuberculosis; Immunocompetent; Tubercular liver abscess