Tuberculous Splenic Abscess: an Unusual Presentation

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JPK Hui,KM Kwok, MHY Lai, TKL Loke, WH Luk, JCS Chan

Hong Kong J Radiol 2007;10:19-22

Splenic abscess is an uncommon but life-threatening pathology. Splenic tuberculosis is even rarer and usually occurs in immunocompromised patients. However, it is a diagnostic challenge as there is substantial overlap in imaging features between different disease entities of the spleen. This report describes the unusual imaging features of splenic tuberculosis, which have not been previously reported.