Tuberculous Abscess and Empyema of the Liver.
- Author:
Ran NAM GUNG
1
;
Kwan Sub CHUNG
;
Ki Sup CHUNG
;
Duk Jin YUN
Author Information
1. Department of pediatrics, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tuberculos Abcess;
Liver
- MeSH:
Abdomen;
Abscess*;
Child;
Diagnosis;
Drainage;
Empyema*;
Fever;
Humans;
Liver*;
Male;
Mycobacterium tuberculosis;
Needles;
Suppuration;
Surgical Procedures, Operative
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1981;24(7):690-695
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
