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Isolated splenic tuberculosis.

The authors report two cases of isolated splenic tuberculosis treated since 1989 in Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences. One case presented as pyrexia of unknown origin (PUO) and another with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Both were found to have splenic tuberculosis after splenectomy. Pre operative diagnosis could not be made in these cases. Splenectomy followed by antituberculous chemotherapy cured the condition in both the cases. The authors underline the diagnostic difficulties, essentially related to the rarity of this condition inspite of the progress in modern imaging.

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Isolated splenic tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis isolated to the spleen is a rare clinical entity particularly in the non-HIV-positive patient population. In the four patients described, two presented with thrombocytopenia; in two patients the condition was diagnosed serendipitously at laparotomy undertaken for abdominal trauma.

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