Primary/local hepatic tuberculosis without dissemination

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jan 27:2015:bcr2014206974. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-206974.

Abstract

We present a rare case of primary hepatic tuberculosis in a 50-year-old man who presented with pain at the right hypochondrium. The diagnosis was established by fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the primary hepatic lesions in both lobes of the liver, which was further supported by histopathological examination and tissue PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the FNAC specimens.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle
  • Humans
  • Liver / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
  • Tuberculosis, Hepatic / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Hepatic / drug therapy
  • Tuberculosis, Hepatic / pathology*
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents