Ewha Med J.  1980 Jun;3(2):77-82. 10.12771/emj.1980.3.2.77.

A Case of Tuberculous Hepatitis

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract

Tuberculous lesions in the liver are a common finding at autopsy in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. However upto 1956, only 33 cases of tuberculosis the liver have been reported by exploratory lapartory or autopsy in all the world, but recently diagnosis is more easy with development of liver yet. Recently we had the opportunity to observe 31-year-old male patient who had pulmonary tuberculosis and developed clinical course of F.U.O. In this paper we report a case of tuberculous hepatitis which confirmed by liver biopsy and briefly review the literatures.


MeSH Terms

Adult
Autopsy
Biopsy
Diagnosis
Hepatitis*
Humans
Liver
Male
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary
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