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Mistaking primary hepatic tuberculosis for malignancy: Could surgery have been avoided?

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dc.contributor.affiliationsFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
dc.contributor.affiliationsUniversiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM)
dc.contributor.authorGhoneim I.
dc.contributor.authorZuhdi Z.
dc.contributor.authorArrifin A.C.
dc.contributor.authorOthman H.
dc.contributor.authorJarmin R.
dc.contributor.authorAzman A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-28T08:24:37Z
dc.date.available2024-05-28T08:24:37Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractA 56-year-old woman presented with epigastric pain and loss of appetite and weight for the preceding 3 weeks. Clinically, she was jaundiced with upper quadrant abdominal tenderness. Initial blood tests and imaging scans suggested cholangiocarcinoma. Intraoperatively, no malignancy was observed. A frozen section biopsy suggested tuberculosis (TB). However, subsequent serological examination showed that the patient was nonreactive for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and acid-fast bacilli. A chest radiograph also showed no evidence of pulmonary TB. The patient was then placed on antitubercular therapy and her condition improved. Primary hepatic TB was not initially considered during diagnosis because of its low prevalence, but this led to performing an unnecessary surgery on this patient. We review the literature on this rare condition and discuss potential strategies for diagnosing and managing patients with primary hepatic TB. � 2015.
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.fjs.2014.12.004
dc.identifier.epage97
dc.identifier.isbn2213-5413
dc.identifier.issn1682-606X
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84983127972
dc.identifier.scopusWOS:000421895700003
dc.identifier.spage94
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84983127972&doi=10.1016%2fj.fjs.2014.12.004&partnerID=40&md5=36e83aeb1a24ba97cb74161d8430c694
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8528
dc.identifier.volume48
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartofOpen Access
dc.relation.ispartofFormosan Journal of Surgery
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectCholangiocarcinoma
dc.subjectHepatectomy
dc.subjectPrimary hepatic tuberculosis
dc.titleMistaking primary hepatic tuberculosis for malignancy: Could surgery have been avoided?
dc.title.alternativeFormosan J. Surg.
dc.typeArticle
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