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Hepatic involvement in tuberculosis.

Authors: S, Gupta; H S, Meena; R, Chopra;

Hepatic involvement in tuberculosis.

Abstract

Seventy one cases of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (confirmed by clinical, sputum examination, Skiagram, lymph node or other organ biopsy) and 13 cases of PUO suspected to be tubercular in origin were included in the study. Besides, thorough clinical workup, LFTs and liver biopsy were also done in all cases. LFT alterations were seen in only 5 (7%) cases of tuberculosis while in PUO group, 3 (23%) cases showed deranged LFT. In all, alteration in SGOT/SGPT was most frequent observation. In Liver biopsy, histopathological changes were seen in 63 percent (45 out of 71) of cases of tuberculosis and in 46.16 percent cases of PUO. In tubercular cases, various abnormalities observed were caseating granulomas: 18.30 percent, nonspecific inflammatory infiltration: 25.32 percent, focal Kupffer cell hyperplasia: 11.2 percent and fatty changes: 8.45 percent. Four of the PUO cases, showing Kupffer cell hyperplasia and non-specific inflammatory infiltration responded to antituberculous therapy. Thus it is surmised that though the caseating granuloma is the hallmark of tuberculosis, but nonspecific inflammatory hepatitis and retothelial tubercle nodules may be the forerunner in the evolution of granuloma.

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Adult, Adolescent, Biopsy, India, Middle Aged, Fever of Unknown Origin, Liver, Liver Function Tests, Tuberculosis, Hepatic, Humans, Female, Tuberculoma, Aged

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