Two Rare Cases Involving the Spread of Tuberculosis: A Tuberculous Abscess of the Chest Wall Invading the Liver by Way of the Diaphragm

We herein report two separate cases in which a tuberculous abscess of the chest wall invaded the liver by penetrating through the diaphragm. After confirming the presence of tuberculous lesions in the chest wall and liver, both patients received preoperative anti-tuberculosis (TB) medications for tw...

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Published in:Internal Medicine 2016/08/15, Vol.55(16), pp.2237-2239
Main Authors: Zhang, Lening, Han, Chunshan, Han, Zhenguo, Yang, Bin, Gao, Haicheng, Shi, Jingwei, Xin, Hua
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - drug therapy
Abscess - pathology
Abscess - surgery
Antitubercular Agents - administration & dosage
diaphragm
Diaphragm - pathology
Female
Humans
liver
Liver - pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium
spread
Thoracic Wall - pathology
Thoracic Wall - surgery
Tuberculosis, Pleural - drug therapy
Tuberculosis, Pleural - pathology
Tuberculosis, Pleural - surgery
tuberculous abscess of the chest wall (TACW)
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Summary:We herein report two separate cases in which a tuberculous abscess of the chest wall invaded the liver by penetrating through the diaphragm. After confirming the presence of tuberculous lesions in the chest wall and liver, both patients received preoperative anti-tuberculosis (TB) medications for two weeks; after which, the lesions were surgically removed. Following surgery, both patients fully recovered and were asymptomatic, but continued to receive routine postoperative care involving anti-TB medications. Neither patient showed recurrence of TB during a 15-month follow-up period.
ISSN:0918-2918
1349-7235
DOI:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.5692