Abstract

Systemic Disseminated Tuberculosis Mimicking Malignancy

Highlights

  • A 35-year-old man presented to the outpatient department with a 1-month history of diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss

  • Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed multiple lesions of liver, which was difficult to distinguish from tumor

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis was identified by polymerase chain reaction testing, and direct microbiologic detection was negative for the human immunodeficiency virus

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Introduction

Cai-Hong Wen1,2, Bo-Juan Lang3,4 and Wei Liu1,2 A 35-year-old man presented to the outpatient department with a 1-month history of diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss. Computed tomography (CT) of the abdomen showed multiple lesions of liver, which was difficult to distinguish from tumor.

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