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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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Isolated tuberculous liver abscess in an immunocompetent patient
Jyothi B Shetty, VL Prabhu, Amitha S Joshi, Dhanashri V Kulkarni
Department of Pathology, Seth G.S Medical College and K. B. Bhabha Hospital, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
Jyothi B Shetty
B-2, Anand Bhavan, Lal Chimney Compound, Dr. A. L. Nair Road, Mumbai-400011
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1755-6783.95974
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Tuberculosis of the liver is rare and is generally seen as a part of disseminated tuberculosis. With the advent of HIV, isolated tuberculous involvement of the liver has been seen. Here we report a case of isolated tuberculous liver abscess in an immunocompetent patient. |
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