The Nodular Form of Local Hepatic Tuberculosis A Review

Oliva, Alfonso; Duarte, Bernardo; Jonasson, Olga; Nadimpalli, Venkat

doi:10.1097/00004836-199004000-00011

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“…Oliva et al reported 23 cases of LHTB; in 20 of the 23 patients, the LHTB lesions were preoperatively misdiagnosed as carcinoma of the liver or a liver abscess (14). Common symptoms of hepatic TB include fever, weight loss and abdominal pain, which are nonspecific (6,10,15,16).…”

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Localized Hepatic Tuberculosis with Imaging Changes Caused by the Progression of Tuberculosis

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Localized hepatic tuberculosis (LHTB) is difficult to diagnose preoperatively, and most cases of LHTB are diagnosed based on pathological findings. A relationship between imaging features and the pathological stage of hepatic tuberculosis (TB) has recently been reported, which could aid in the diagnosis of hepatic TB. We herein present a case study of a patient with LHTB diagnosed postoperatively who demonstrated imaging changes due to the progression of TB. An awareness of the presence of LHTB might have permitted a preoperative diagnosis. This is the first report of an LHTB patient who exhibited imaging changes during the course of the disease.

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Localized Hepatic Tuberculosis with Imaging Changes Caused by the Progression of Tuberculosis

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“…Lack of familiarity with this condition was apparently responsible for the diagnosis of hepatic tuberculosis being made at autopsy or surgery in the past. 8 Tubercle bacilli reach the liver by way of hematogenous dissemination: in miliary tuberculosis through the hepatic artery whereas in the case of focal liver tuberculosis it is via the portal vein. Irrespective of the mode of entry, the liver responds by granuloma formation.…”

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“…Local tuberculosis of the liver may either mean a lesion >2 mm diameter on gross examination 10 or a selective involvement of the liver without clinically apparent disease of other organs. 8 Hepatic tuberculosis presents in three forms. 13 The most common form is the diffuse hepatic involvement, seen along with pulmonary or miliary tuberculosis, in 50-80% of patients dying of pulmonary tuberculosis.…”

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“…17 Isolated hepatic tuberculoma (nodular hepatic tuberculosis, macronodular hepatic tuberculosis) is 7 the rarest form of local hepatic tuberculosis since less than 25 cases had been reported in world literature till 1990. 8 Local hepatic tuberculosis has mostly been reported from South Africa and the Philippines 10,13 . Constitutional symptoms in the form of fever, anorexia and weight loss were present in 55-90% of the patients.…”

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“…Constitutional symptoms in the form of fever, anorexia and weight loss were present in 55-90% of the patients. Abdominal pain is present in 65-87% of patients 8,10 but jaundice is uncommon. Hepatomegaly and splenomegaly are the commonest findings, being present in 70-96% 8,10,15 and 25-55% 10,15 of patients respectively.…”

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