Incidental hepatic tuberculosis during planned resection of locally advanced ampullary carcinoma: a case report

• Main Authors: Vee Chuan Hoe, Allim Khairuddin, Jun Sam Tan, Mohd Sharifudin Sharif, Nornazirah Azizan, Firdaus Hayati
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25953/1/Incidental%20hepatic%20tuberculosis%20during%20planned%20resection%20of%20locally%20advanced%20ampullary%20carcinoma.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/25953/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-020-00806-8

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is classified according to the site of disease as pulmonary or extrapulmonary. Extrapulmonary TB is less common than its counterpart in which it can be found anywhere in the body including the liver. Similar to ampullary carcinoma, TB liver can manifest with jaundice an...