TUBERCULOUS SPLENIC ABSCESSES IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT

TUBERCULOUS SPLENIC ABSCESSES

Authors

  • Nasim Afzal Tarar Department of Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar
  • Amjad Naseer Bhatti Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi
  • Raheel Iftikhar RMO Siachen Bde

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Tuberculosis is one of the common infections causing splenic enlargement, but tuberculous splenic abscesses are rare, restricted largely to immunocompromised population with disseminated tuberculosis. We report the occurrence of Tuberculous multiple splenic abscesses in an Immunocompetent host.

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Published

30-06-2007

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 1 (2007): March

Section

Case Reports

How to Cite

1.
Tarar NA, Bhatti AN, Iftikhar R. TUBERCULOUS SPLENIC ABSCESSES IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT: TUBERCULOUS SPLENIC ABSCESSES. Pak Armed Forces Med J [Internet]. 2007 Jun. 30 [cited 2025 Jan. 11];57(1):90-1. Available from: https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/260