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| Year : 2008 | Volume
: 13
| Issue : 4 | Page : 149-150 |
Tuberculoma of the liver
A Bharathi1, K Nagarjuna2, GVSN Prasad2, J Bhaskar Reddy1, D Kalyan Ravi Prasad1
1 Department of Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Niloufer Institute of Child Health, Hyderabad, India
2 Asst. professor, Niloufer Institute of Child Health, Hyderabad, India
Correspondence Address:
A Bharathi
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.44769
We report an isolated giant solid macronodular tuberculoma in an 8-year-old boy. A large-space-occupying lesion in the right lobe with nodular surface and hard consistency mimicked liver malignancy. This case is unusual as the ultrasonography, computed tomography scan, and aspiration cytology were all suggestive of a malignant tumor. Laparotomy confirmed a 15 x 10 cm nodular tumor present in the right lobe of liver. The segments 5, 6, 7, and 8 were excised. The histopathology revealed tuberculosis.
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