Hepatic tuberculosis: a multimodality imaging review
Conclusions
Imaging plays a valuable role in the detection of tubercular hepatic lesions. Also, imaging can be helpful in their characterisation and for assessing associated complications.
Teaching points
• Hepatic TB has myriad imaging manifestations and is often confounded with neoplastic lesions.
• Imaging patterns include miliary TB, macronodular TB, serohepatic TB and tubercular cholangitis.
• Concurrent splenic, nodal or pulmonary involvements are helpful pointers towards the diagnosis.
• Miliary calcifications along the bile ducts are characteristic of tubercular cholangitis.
• Histological/microbiological confirmation is often necessary to confirm the diagnosis.
Source: Insights into Imaging - Category: Radiology Source Type: research
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