Tuberculosis presenting as acute hepatitis in a renal transplant recipient
Tóm tắt
We observed a kidney transplant recipient in whom acute hepatitis was the initial manifestation of tuberculosis, preceding radiological lung involvement by several weeks. The diagnosis was suspected and treatment initiated based on the finding of a granulomatous hepatitis on liver biopsy. Mycobacterial, tuberulosis was grown and identified first in liver samples and only later in sputum and bone marrow. This case illustrates the protean manifestations of tuberculosis in immunosuppressed patients.
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