Tuberculous Abscess and Empyema of the Liver
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
;
: 690-695, 1981.
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em Coreano
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| ID: wpr-46228
ABSTRACT
We have experienced a case of tuberculous abscess of the liver with empyema in a 12 years old boy. He was admitted with the chief complaints of pain and mass in the right upper abdomen of about 1 month duration and intermittent mild fever for 15 days. On examination, liver was palpable 5 cm below the right costal margin, and was tender and firm. Liver scan showed a cold area in the right posterior upper part of the liver. With the needle aspiration of the liver, 240 ml of yellowish-green pus was aspirated. The stained smears of the pus showed a large number of acid-fast bacilli, and the culture revealed a growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Our patient was cured successfully by the drainage of pus with the needle aspiration of the liver and antituberculous medication. We have presented here a rare case whose the diagnosis was made without the help of any operative procedure, and reviewed the literatures.
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Assunto principal:
Supuração
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Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Operatórios
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Drenagem
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Diagnóstico
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Abscesso
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Empiema
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Abdome
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Febre
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Fígado
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Criança
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
Ano de publicação:
1981
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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