ArticleBMJ case reports2020
Looking beyond appearances: when liver biopsy is the key for hepatic tuberculosis diagnosis.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Utility of Liver Biopsy in the Diagnosis and Management of Possible Drug-Induced Liver Injury in Patients Receiving Antituberculosis Therapy: A Retrospective Study.Infectious disease reports · 2023Article
- Clinical Manifestation, Imaging Features and Treatment Follow-up of 29 Cases with Hepatic Tubercolosis.Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Misidentification of hepatic tuberculosis as cholangiocarcinoma: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2021Article
- Ultrasonographic Features and Diagnostic Challenges of Hepatic Tuberculosis: Insights from Taiwan and Southeast Asia.Journal of medical ultrasoundReview
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Abstract
Primary hepatic tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity with non-specific clinical and imaging features that can mimic other liver diseases, representing a diagnostic challenge. We report a case of a 35-year-old man with metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and high alcohol consumption presenting asymptomatic with abnormal liver tests, hepatosplenomegaly and diffuse hepatic steatosis in ultrasound imaging initially suspected to be alcoholic steatohepatitis but later diagnosed as hepatic tuberculosis in the histological specimen. Anti-tuberculosis therapy was started. This clinical case highlights the diagnostic difficulty of hepatic tuberculosis and the importance of not overlooking liver biopsy and to consider it in the differential diagnosis in patients with obvious hepatic injury factors but with atypical clinical presentation.
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