Tuberculosis of gall-bladder mimicking malignancy – a case report

• Authors: Divya Dahiya , Lileswar Kaman , Jayapal Rajendran , Mandeep Garg

Abstracts

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A correct preoperative diagnosis of gall-bladder tuberculosis is exceptionally unusual in the absence of pathognomic features both on clinical presentation and on imaging. Herein we present a case of 50 year female who was operated with a provisional diagnosis of gall-bladder malignancy and was found to have tuberculosis of gall-bladder on histopathology

Keywords

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gall-bladder tuberculosis; gall-bladder cancer; hepatobiliary tuberculosis; tuberculosis

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 88(5)
• Pages: 504-509

Contributors

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Divya Dahiya

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Lileswar Kaman

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Jayapal Rajendran

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Mandeep Garg

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/pjs-2016-0066