CT findings in fatal primary intestinal tuberculosis in a liver transplant recipient
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Abdominal Imaging - Case Report

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

Diagn Interv Radiol 2008;14(4):221-224
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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