Miliary tuberculosis (MTB) of the liver can present non-specifically, which often leads to a diagnostic delay. The objective this clinical case report is highlight an unusual presentation miliary TB in young female patient, who was admitted hospital with right upper quadrant tenderness and constitutional symptoms. Most her investigations yielded little support diagnosis until subsequent positiv...

Influenza A is a disease caused by a RNA virus, member of the orthomyxoviridae family. The influenza infection is characterized primarily by pulmonary affection that may advance to an acute pulmonary respiratory failure course. Hepatic involvement is not frequent and accounts for < 3% of all cases. We describe two patients with acute Influenza A H1N1 infection who developed hepatic involvement....

we report a case of 48-year-old woman with multiple hydatid cysts in pararectal region and right paraovarian localization with an unusual sonographic and computed tomographic presentation mimicking a pelvic endometriosis. during laparotomy, multiple pararectal and right ovarian cysts resembling endometriosis were resected. pathologic examination gives the diagnosis of hydatid cysts. retrospecti...

Polycystic liver disease, commonly associated with polycystic kidney disease, can result in massive hepatomegaly and debilitating symptoms. Surgical intervention for symptomatic polycystic liver disease has been associated with significant morbidity and inconsistent long-term palliation; it is more appropriate in patients with a single dominant cyst or cysts which is/are confined to one lobe. A...

Systemic lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects multiple organs and systems such as skin, joints, kidneys, cardiovascular and central nervous systems. Twenty five to fifty percent of the patients with the diagnosis of SLE develop abnormal liver test during the course of the disease, being the main causes: hepatotoxic drugs, viral hepatitis and fatty liver disea...

Human cytomegalovirus is a significant agent of hepatic involvement in neonates. In this study, we investigated the polymorphisms and features of the viral genes UL144 and UL146 as well as their significance to congenital hepatic involvement. In 79 neonates with congenital cytomegalovirus infection and hepatic involvement, full length UL144 and UL146 were successfully amplified in 73.42% and 60...

Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia is a rare disease. Hepatic involvement is infrequent. A patient with an extensive hepatic arteriovenous malformation is presented. Characteristic computed tomographic and angiographic findings are described followed by a review of the literature.