Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2019
Autopsy study of Liver Tuberculosis in adult patients in tertiary care hospital in Mumbai.
Dr. Ujwal K. Rathod, Millind Patil, Dr. Smita Santosh Chavhan, Dr. Riya Rathod
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Liver involvement in tuberculosis, through common both in pulmonary and extra pulmonary tuberculosis is usual clinical silent1, 2 & 4. In present study we came across 35 cases of hepatic tuberculosis, comprised 10.17% of all liver disease and 20% of secondary liver disease and 23.73% of all infections. Young adults were commonly affected with M: F ratio was 2:1. The commonest clinical features were fever 60%, abdominal pain 42.86%, and weight loss 28.5% 1, 2 & 4. In present study hepatic tuberculosis was secondary tuberculosis and as a part of disseminated tuberculosis. Histology (majority cases) showed multiple granuloma comprising of central caseation surrounded by epithelioid cells and Langhans giant cell. It is a known fact that silent liver diseases are common amongst apparently healthy individuals and are sometimes diagnosed only at autopsy.
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AUTOPSY STUDY OF LIVER TUBERCULOSIS IN ADULT PATIENTS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN MUMBAI., Dr. Ujwal K. Rathod, Millind Patil, Dr. Smita Santosh Chavhan, Dr. Riya Rathod GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2019
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AUTOPSY STUDY OF LIVER TUBERCULOSIS IN ADULT PATIENTS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN MUMBAI., Dr. Ujwal K. Rathod, Millind Patil, Dr. Smita Santosh Chavhan, Dr. Riya Rathod GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2019