1
Department of Infectious Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2
Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
ntroduction: 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. Case Presentation: 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
Shokouhi, S., Toolabi, K., Tehrani, S., & Hemmatian, M. (2014). Tuberculous Liver Abscess in an Immunocompetent Patient: a Case Report. TANAFFOS (Respiration), 13(3), 49-51.
MLA
Shervin Shokouhi; Karamollah Toolabi; Shabnam Tehrani; Marjan Hemmatian. "Tuberculous Liver Abscess in an Immunocompetent Patient: a Case Report". TANAFFOS (Respiration), 13, 3, 2014, 49-51.
HARVARD
Shokouhi, S., Toolabi, K., Tehrani, S., Hemmatian, M. (2014). 'Tuberculous Liver Abscess in an Immunocompetent Patient: a Case Report', TANAFFOS (Respiration), 13(3), pp. 49-51.
VANCOUVER
Shokouhi, S., Toolabi, K., Tehrani, S., Hemmatian, M. Tuberculous Liver Abscess in an Immunocompetent Patient: a Case Report. TANAFFOS (Respiration), 2014; 13(3): 49-51.