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KMID : 0980720150340020197
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Keimyung Medical Journal
2015 Volume.34 No. 2 p.197 ~ p.203
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A Case of Single Mass Forming Hepatic Tuberculoma
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최유아:Choi Yu-Ah
황세웅:Hwang Se-Woong/조남열:Cho Nam-Yeol/선형주:Sun Hyeong-Ju/고윤명:Ko Yun-Myoung/이신희:Lee Shin-Hee/곽형종:Gwak Hyeong-Jong
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Abstract
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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 ultrasonographyguided ine-needle aspiration.
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KEYWORD
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Abdominal computed tomography, Liver, Tuberculosis
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