Tuberculous abscess of the abdominal wall and multiple splenic abscesses in an immunocompetent patient.

ABSTRACT

We report a case of a 39-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--negative male who presented with a progressively increasing swelling in the left hypochondrium. He did not manifest fever or toxaemic symptoms. Computerised tomographic scan (CT scan) of the abdomen revealed an abscess in the anterior wall and multiple splenic abscesses. Fine needle aspiration from the abscesses in the anterior abdominal wall and the spleen confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis as the aetiology. The patient responded well to antituberculosis treatment and the abscesses regressed considerably.