Splenic tuberculosis: a rare entity

Description Tuberculosis (TB) is a multisystem disease, 90% of which locates primarily in lungs, unlike isolated splenic tuberculosis, a rare form of extrapulmonary TB. 1 Patients with AIDS or who are immunocompetent have been reported to be at a high risk for splenic TB. 2 Some scholars insist that all patients with splenic TB are secondary to the previous infection of tubercle bacillus in other organs. 3 A 53-year-old male patient reported of intermittent left hypochondrium aching pain, occurring after vomiting since past 2 months. Splenic TB has a lot of differential diagnosis because of which diagnosis is often delayed. [...]typical nodules on the splenic capsule are usually too small to be detected.