Keimyung Med J.
2015 Dec;34(2):197-203. 10.0000/kmj.2015.34.2.197.
A Case of Single Mass Forming Hepatic Tuberculoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Daejeon Sun Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. mdhwangse@naver.com
- 2Department of Pathology, Daejeon Sun Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
- KMID: 2224188
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/kmj.2015.34.2.197
Abstract
- Tuberculosis mainly develops in the lung, but may also rarely invade other parts of the abdominal region. Abdominal tuberculosis is associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in approximately 15% of cases, and abdominal tuberculosis primarily develops in the terminal ileum and lymphatic gland. Moreover, hepatic tuberculosis is uncommon and is usually accompanied with active pulmonary or miliary tuberculosis. Hence, the development of primary hepatic tuberculoma as a single liver mass is very unusual. In the present report, we describe the case of a 63-year-old man with a solitary hepatic tuberculoma; the 6.4 cm mass was incidentally detected during abdominal computed tomography in the asymptomatic patient, and the diagnosis was confirmed by liver biopsy through ultrasonography-guided fine-needle aspiration.
