Hepatic tuberculosis (TB) is an uncommon manifestation of one of the most common infections, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The term hepatobiliary TB refers to either isolated hepatic, biliary, or hepatobiliary involvement with other organ system involvement.

Hepatic tuberculosis is the most common cause of infective hepatic granulomas. Tuberculosis is a major health problem in developing countries. In developed countries the disease is reactivated by the increased incidence of AIDS and other immundeficiency states.

2024年5月14日 · Hepatic and splenic tuberculosis refers to tuberculosis affecting the liver and the spleen. It generally occurs due to hematogenous spread from the primary site of infection, commonly from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection of the liver, known as hepatic TB, is an extrapulmonary manifestation of TB. Hepatic TB has become more prevalent, likely as a result of the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic.

Despite reports of involvement of liver in miliary TB, demonstrated in the form of tubercular granulomas in liver tissues [3, 4], local or primary hepatic TB without active pulmonary or miliary TB is considered an uncommon diagnosis [5].

2013年9月25日 · Hepatic tuberculosis is uncommon, lack of specific clinical manifestations and imaging features, so it can easily be misdiagnosed in clinical. Herein, we discuss variety of its forms and summarize the diagnosis and treatment of hepatic tuberculosis in this paper.

2016年6月24日 · Hepatobiliary TB has a 2:1 male preponderance [21]. Abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, jaundice, fever, and chills are the common symptoms in affected patients. Hepatomegaly is the most common finding, reported in 94–100% of affected cases, and the liver is nodular on palpation in 55% of these patients, simulating liver tumor [21].

2022年2月22日 · Hepatic tuberculosis is an infrequent manifestation of tuberculosis. Hepatic involvement by the mycobacterial infection may occur as a part of disseminated tuberculosis or in isolated forms.

2025年1月1日 · Hepatic tuberculosis is an uncommon pattern of gastrointestinal tuberculosis. Hepatic involvement by tuberculosis could be part of sole involvement, but more frequently is part of systemic involvement.

2014年12月23日 · We report a case of 25-year-old immunocompetent female who presented with features of acute liver failure. Ultrasonography (USG) abdomen revealed multiple hypoechoic lesions.