CT findings in fatal primary intestinal tuberculosis in a liver transplant recipient
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Abdominal Imaging - Case Report
P: 221-224
December 2008

CT findings in fatal primary intestinal tuberculosis in a liver transplant recipient

Diagn Interv Radiol 2008;14(4):221-224
1. Departments of Radiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2. From the Departments of Radiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
3. Departments of Pathology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Received Date: 13.03.2007
Accepted Date: 05.09.2007
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ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis is a rare post-transplant infection that can present an atypical and misleading clinical picture. The possibility of tuberculosis must be taken into account when a transplant patient has fever and severe abdominal complaints with no clear evidence of another infection. We report a patient with primary intestinal tuberculosis, which was not accompanied by pulmonary, peritoneal, or solid-organ involvement. To our knowledge, this is the only reported case to date of intestinal tuberculosis post liver transplantation.

Keywords:
tuberculosis, gastrointestinal • liver transplantation • computed tomography