Open AccessHepatic tuberculosis: myriad of hues
Author(s) -
Arup Choudhury,
Jayendra Shukla,
Gaurav Mahajan,
Daya Krishna Jha,
Pankaj Gupta,
Vishal Sharma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
germs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2248-2997
DOI - 10.18683/germs.2021.1266
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , differential diagnosis , genexpert mtb/rif , pathology , malignancy , mycobacterium tuberculosis
Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is an important form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis but liver involvement is uncommon. Hepatic tuberculosis can manifest in variable manners including as a space occupying lesion, diffuse infiltration by granulomas (granulomatous hepatitis) and as liver abscess. Hepatic tuberculosis is usually associated with lesions elsewhere but the diagnosis is often not considered because of rarity.