A comprehensive review on Primary gallbladder tuberculosis

• Authors: Ashish Gupta , Amit Gupta , Rohik Anjum , Saumya Agrawal , Dhiraj Mallik

Abstracts

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Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease that can affect any organ system of the body. Abdominal TB can be gastrointestinal, lymph nodal, visceral or peritoneal. The gallbladder (GB) is rarely involved in abdominal TB as a primary organ. Extensive research literature on gallbladder TB is limited to case reports. There has been no review on this rare abdominal pathology. GB tuberculosis is a difficult diagnosis preoperatively. It is a rare differential among the more common gallbladder pathologies such as cholelithiasis, or a gallbladder malignancy. Typical histopathology of the resected specimen helps to establish this rare diagnosis. Subjecting every specimen to histopathological examination followed by medical treatment offers the chance of cure. Through this review, the authors attempt to provide an insight into this disease entity.

Keywords

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gallbladder; Tuberculosis; Antitubercular drugs

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 90(2)
• Pages: 10-12

Dates

published

2018-04-11

Contributors

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Ashish Gupta

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Amit Gupta

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Rohik Anjum

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Saumya Agrawal

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Dhiraj Mallik

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0011.7485