Isolated tuberculous liver abscess in a patient with asymptomatic stage I sarcoidosis

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1751-1753

  Sarkar, Supriya ^a   Saha, Kaushik ^a   Das, Chandra Shekhar ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Seth Sukhlal Karnani Memorial Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Liver abscess; Liver carcinoma; Liver tuberculosis; Sarcoidosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RIGOR; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LIVER ABSCESS; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC;

EID: 78650364441     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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